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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. As the summer ends and Wally prepares to go back to college, Olive offers Homer an opportunity to stay where?
(a) The barracks.
(b) Wally's room.
(c) The cellar.
(d) The cider house.

2. Olive and Candy think Wally is alive, but Ray and who think he is dead in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Homer.
(b) Mary Agnes.
(c) Nurse Edna.
(d) Dr. Larch.

3. What name do Candy and Homer give to the child they have in the novel?
(a) Angel Wells.
(b) Barney Wells.
(c) Douglas Wells.
(d) Robert Wells.

4. What is the name of the home on Ocean's View Orchard where the workers live during the harvest season?
(a) The hay barn.
(b) Labor camp.
(c) Squatter's mansion.
(d) The cider house.

5. The foreman at what farm sees that Melony picks apples well and tells her to come back in three weeks when the season starts, so she can work for him in Chapter 7?
(a) Rolling Hills Farm.
(b) Three Lakes Farm.
(c) Owl Farm.
(d) York Farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Homer take to Bath to see the Fred Astaire movie in Chapter 8?

2. To what location does Melony purchase a train ticket after leaving the orphanage in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 8, when the apple picking season ends, the farmer asks Melony to stay on for what in Chapter 8?

4. A woman whose husband died in the war comes into the hospital for what in Chapter 9?

5. How old is Angel in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place on Thanksgiving in Chapter 8? Where is the novel set in this chapter?

2. Where has Melony traveled in Chapter 7? Why?

3. How does Melony's relationship with Lorna parallel her relationship with Homer in Chapter 10?

4. How does Homer view Ray Kendall in Chapter 6? Who does he remind him of?

5. What does Mrs. Grogan see changing in Melony in Chapter 6? Why?

6. What does Melony do when being chased by two workers in Chapter 7?

7. How have Homer's feelings about St. Cloud's changed in Chapter 6?

8. What is discovered about the behavior of Wally Senior in Chapter 7?

9. How does Dr. Larch relate to Melony in Chapter 6?

10. What is foreshadowed by Wally's return in Chapter 10?

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