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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. Dr. Larch tries to get Candy alone to explain the procedure to her, and Homer escorts Wally outside in time to do what in Chapter 5?
(a) Smoke a cigarette.
(b) Throw up.
(c) Start yelling.
(d) Start crying.

2. What is Homer's last name in the novel?
(a) Stone.
(b) Wells.
(c) Worthington.
(d) Larch.

3. Homer sends a note to Melony to tell her what when he goes to read for the girls in Chapter 3?
(a) He enjoys the picture.
(b) Dr. Larch is not gay.
(c) He can't find her record.
(d) He wants to go for a walk.

4. Homer performs the autopsy and tells the doctor the cadaver died of what in Chapter 5?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) A severed artery.
(c) Head trauma.
(d) Cancer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The autopsy reveals that the prostitute to whom Dr. Larch lost his virginity to died of what in Chapter 2?

2. Dr. Larch applies for an obstetrics position in his home town of what in Chapter 2?

3. The town in which the orphanage is set is described as what?

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

5. When Dr. Larch catches Homer searching his office, Dr. Larch tells Homer what in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does the setting of Heart's Haven and Heart's Rock compare to the orphanage in Chapter 4?

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