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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 is the name of Wally's girlfriend in Chapter 4?
(a) Valerie.
(b) Candy.
(c) Samantha.
(d) Mary.

2. In Chapter 2, the author describes a place off what street that performs the illegal abortions without a medical doctor?
(a) Lincoln Street.
(b) Harrison Street.
(c) Washington Boulevard.
(d) Adams Way.

3. Dr. Larch tells Wally and Candy about Homer's what, in Chapter 5?
(a) Math skills.
(b) Heart condition.
(c) Anger problems.
(d) Medications.

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

5. 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 walk differently.
(c) They are more cheerful.
(d) They are quieter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Wally's girlfriend's father?

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

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

4. When Homer is how old does Dr. Larch assign him to read to the girls at the orphanage?

5. Two boys from the orphanage playing outside fall over the dead and frozen body of whom in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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