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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. The nurses keep mentioning in the novel that the doctor is named after what?
(a) A type of rock.
(b) A bird of prey.
(c) A fish.
(d) A tree.

2. In Chapter 5, Melony watches as a few women walk from the first train of the morning up to St. Cloud's and observes that the women that come on the morning train and leave on the afternoon train are different how?
(a) Their eyes look different.
(b) They are quieter.
(c) They walk differently.
(d) They are more cheerful.

3. Wilbur Larch's mother worked for whom?
(a) The President.
(b) A local politician.
(c) The police captain.
(d) An Army General.

4. What kind of car does Wally's father own in the novel?
(a) Buick.
(b) Mercedes-Benz.
(c) Cadillac.
(d) Ford.

5. When Dr. Larch catches Homer searching his office, Dr. Larch tells Homer what in Chapter 3?
(a) He is no longer his assistant.
(b) Get out.
(c) He is not allowed to view the mother's files.
(d) He doesn't keep records of the biological mothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Wally sees Candy with the younger boy in her lap, he begs her to do what in Chapter 5?

2. Melony makes Homer promise that he will stay at the orphanage as long as what in Chapter 3?

3. Homer tells Dr. Larch about the trip to the apple orchard, saying he'll be gone how long in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 4, Dr. Larch goes into Homer's history and writes it as if Homer has what to keep Homer from being drafted into the war?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what ways do the characters of Olive Worthington and Dr. Larch relate in Chapter 4?

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

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

5. Why does Dr. Larch ask Homer to perform an autopsy in Chapter 5? What does Homer find?

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

7. What is ironic about Wilbur's parents in Chapter 2? How is Wilbur's career shaped by his encounter with the prostitute?

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

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

10. How does the author describe Wilbur Larch's early life in Chapter 2? What led to Wilbur's sexually transmitted disease?

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