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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the founder and doctor of the hospital who runs the orphanage in the novel?
(a) Dr. Wally Richmond.
(b) Dr. Homer Wells.
(c) Dr. Wilbur Larch.
(d) Dr. Ray Kendall.

2. What does Homer name the baby he delivers in Chapter 4?
(a) Darren.
(b) Daryl.
(c) David.
(d) Dennis.

3. Homer tells Dr. Larch about the trip to the apple orchard, saying he'll be gone how long in Chapter 5?
(a) A few days.
(b) Ten days.
(c) One month.
(d) Two weeks.

4. When Homer sneaks into the baby room in Chapter 3, he finds one of the expectant mothers standing there who asks him to do what?
(a) Help her leave the building.
(b) Call the nurses.
(c) Sleep with his hand and ear on her belly.
(d) Make her some tea.

5. Which nurse is in love with the doctor at the orphanage?
(a) Nurse Angela.
(b) Nurse Melissa.
(c) Nurse Edna.
(d) Nurse Beth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state is "The Cider House Rules" set?

2. How many of John Irving's novels have been adapted to film?

3. When was John Irving born?

4. Homer performs the autopsy and tells the doctor the cadaver died of what in Chapter 5?

5. What is the name of Wally's girlfriend in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the atmosphere described in the beginning of Chapter 5? What is symbolic in this description?

2. Why does Dr. Larch keep the women having abortions separate from the women giving birth in Chapter 3?

3. In what ways is St. Cloud's symbolic? How does the author establish this in Chapter 1?

4. Where does Dr. Larch send the prostitute's daughter in Chapter 2? What happens to her there?

5. What is symbolic about Homer's naming of the baby in Chapter 4?

6. What is Dr. Larch's reaction to Homer's leaving the orphanage in Chapter 5? What is foreshadowed?

7. What causes Homer's first two adoptive families to return him to the orphanage in Chapter 1?

8. What does the exposition reveal about Dr. Larch's past in Chapter 1?

9. How do the characters of Homer and Wally relate in Chapter 4?

10. What is foreshadowed about the life and career of Dr. Larch in Chapter 2?

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