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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. When Wally asks some of the men working at his parents' orchard about abortion, one of the men tells him to talk to whom in Chapter 4?
(a) Grace Lynch.
(b) Debra Pettigrew.
(c) Olive Worthington.
(d) Mary Agnes.

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

4. Dr. Larch tells Wally and Candy about Homer's what, in Chapter 5?
(a) Math skills.
(b) Medications.
(c) Anger problems.
(d) Heart condition.

5. Wilbur Larch was born in what era?
(a) 1880s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1910s.
(d) 1860s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wally keeps talking about what that the orphanage should plant on the hill in Chapter 5?

2. In Chapter 5, the wind is picking up in St. Cloud's and awakens the stationmaster, who thinks it is what?

3. In Chapter 4, a pregnant woman comes to St. Cloud's and collapses in the dispensary from what?

4. Which nurse is in love with the doctor at the orphanage?

5. Dr. Larch is surprised to see that the woman in the pornographic photo is whom in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Homer's first meeting with Candy and Wally described in Chapter 5?

2. How does the book Jane Eyre relate to the main characters in Chapter 4? What heroic act does Homer do in this chapter?

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

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

5. Discuss the symbolism and foreshadowing in Chapter 4. What is foreshadowed by Candy's pregnancy?

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

7. What is symbolic about Dr. Larch's choices for the books read to the orphans in Chapter 3?

8. Who helps Wally and Candy arrive at the orphanage in Chapter 5? What impression do these characters have?

9. What is the setting of the novel established in Chapter 1? During what time period does the novel begin?

10. How is Homer Wells described in Chapter 1? How is Homer viewed by Dr. Larch and the nurses?

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