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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. Homer drops Wally off at Candy's house so they can have a private night together, and Homer picks whom up for a night at the drive-in movie in Chapter 7?
(a) Grace.
(b) Olive.
(c) Jane.
(d) Debra.

2. The apple pickers are not staying in the cider house because of what reason in Chapter 9?
(a) It is too hot.
(b) They don't have enough gas to get there.
(c) It is too cold.
(d) They don't have enough apples.

3. Chapter 10 begins how many years later than Chapter 9?
(a) 11.
(b) 24.
(c) 6.
(d) 15.

4. It takes how long for Homer to write his first letter to Dr. Larch after leaving the orphanage in Chapter 6?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 5 years.

5. In biology class in Chapter 8, Homer embarrasses his teacher by telling him he has what organs of the sheep and the rabbit mixed up?
(a) Hearts.
(b) Uteri.
(c) Testicles.
(d) Brains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shows up Ocean View asking for Homer in Chapter 10?

2. When Homer Wells receives his survey from the board, it is the same day what who arrives at the orchard in Chapter 7?

3. When Melony gets to Bath, she finds a job working where in Chapter 8?

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

5. In Chapter 6, Dr. Larch writes a letter to tell Homer that Melony left the orphanage and that she took with her the only copy of what book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long has Homer been gone from the orphanage in Chapter 6? What is going on at the orphanage?

2. What is symbolized in the coming of spring in Chapter 9?

3. What do Homer and Candy discuss on Ray Kendall's dock in Chapter 8?

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

5. Who begins to press Dr. Larch toward retirement in Chapter 6?

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

7. What is Dr. Larch setting up for the character of Fuzzy Stone in Chapter 7?

8. What can Homer see has changed at St. Cloud's in Chapter 9?

9. Why does Homer take offense to Dr. Larch's telling him he can have a normal life in Chapter 8?

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

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