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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 orphan from the orphanage had respiratory problems causing him/her to sleep in a special tent to help with breathing?
(a) Fuzzy Stone.
(b) Melony.
(c) Wally Worthington.
(d) Homer.

2. When Homer is how old does Dr. Larch assign him to read to the girls at the orphanage?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

3. Homer discovers the abortions that take place at the orphanage when he discovers what in a wastebasket?
(a) A scalpel.
(b) A medical report.
(c) A medical bill.
(d) A fetus.

4. What is the name of the apple orchard that Wally Worthington Senior owns?
(a) Atlantic Bounty Orchard.
(b) Ocean's View Orchard.
(c) Rocky Coast Orchard.
(d) Seaside Haven Orchard.

5. What is the name of the daughter that a high-society woman wants Dr. Larch to perform an abortion on in Chapter 2?
(a) Candy.
(b) Angel.
(c) Melony.
(d) Missy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, Homer and Melony are close to how old?

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

4. When did John Irving win the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his script "The Cider House Rules"?

5. In Chapter 2, Dr. Larch returns to the hospital with a girl how old who is pregnant by her father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does the prostitute's daughter come to Dr. Larch in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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