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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 asks Homer to perform an autopsy on what in Chapter 5?
(a) A horse.
(b) A dead fetus.
(c) An old man.
(d) A teenage girl.

2. Homer packs his bag and says goodbye to the two nurses while Dr. Larch starts the autopsy on whom in Chapter 5?
(a) Mrs. Channing-Peabody.
(b) Mr. Rose.
(c) Debra Pettigrew.
(d) The stationmaster.

3. Which nurse is in love with the doctor at the orphanage?
(a) Nurse Edna.
(b) Nurse Angela.
(c) Nurse Melissa.
(d) Nurse Beth.

4. The autopsy reveals that the prostitute to whom Dr. Larch lost his virginity to died of what in Chapter 2?
(a) Herpes.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Scurvy.

5. What drug did Wilbur Larch begin taking regularly while in medical school?
(a) LSD.
(b) Opium.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Ether.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, Dr. Larch makes it Homer's responsibility to read to the orphans for how long each night?

3. After the abortion, who comes into the recovery room to be with Candy in Chapter 5?

4. What is the name of the daughter that a high-society woman wants Dr. Larch to perform an abortion on in Chapter 2?

5. What woman from a high-society family in Boston invites Dr. Larch to a croquet party in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In what ways does Dr. Larch record the history of St. Cloud's as described in Chapter 1?

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

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

10. 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?

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