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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. What medical reference book does Dr. Larch give to Homer to study?
(a) Gray's Anatomy.
(b) David Copperfield.
(c) How to Perform Abortions.
(d) Jane Eyre.

2. Two boys from the orphanage playing outside fall over the dead and frozen body of whom in Chapter 5?
(a) David Copperfield.
(b) Dr. Wilbur Larch.
(c) The stationmaster.
(d) Nurse Caroline.

3. When was "The World According to Garp" published?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1965.

4. After the abortion, who comes into the recovery room to be with Candy in Chapter 5?
(a) Wally.
(b) Olive.
(c) Melony.
(d) Homer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Melony suggests to Homer that Dr. Larch is addicted to what in Chapter 3?

2. When Homer says goodbye to Dr. Larch, they tell each other what for the first time in Chapter 5?

3. What was the name of John Irving's first novel?

4. The nurses keep mentioning in the novel that the doctor is named after what?

5. Unknown to Dr. Larch, Melony, and Homer, who lay dead in the woods in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Wally invite Homer to go with him in Chapter 5?

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

3. Where does Dr. Larch decide to go when leaving Boston in Chapter 2? Who invites him to a party and why, in this chapter?

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

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

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

7. What imagery does the author use in describing Homer's walks from the girls' division at the orphanage in Chapter 3? What is symbolic about this imagery?

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

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

10. How is Melony described by the author in Chapter 3? What age is Melony?

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