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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. Who sends a sizable donation to the orphanage in Chapter 6?
(a) Debra Pettigrew.
(b) Olive Worthington.
(c) Mrs. Channing-Peabody.
(d) Grace Lynch.

2. When Homer Wells receives his survey from the board, it is the same day what who arrives at the orchard in Chapter 7?
(a) Melony.
(b) Ray Kendall.
(c) Wally.
(d) The pickers.

3. The night before Wally goes back to college, Wally talks about being what?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A pilot.
(c) A racecar driver.
(d) A lawyer.

4. When Melony gets to Bath, she finds a job working where in Chapter 8?
(a) The cattle ranch.
(b) The bath houses.
(c) The cherry orchard.
(d) The shipyards.

5. The day after the movies is the day that what event takes place in Chapter 8?
(a) The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
(b) The outbreak of the Korean War.
(c) The start of World War I.
(d) The outbreak of the Vietnam War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Homer notices the majority of the cider house rules have to do with what in Chapter 7?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 10, Melony and who are still a couple?

3. When a woman whose husband died in the war comes to the hospital in Chapter 9, Homer passes the nurse a note to give to the woman that tells her to go where?

4. When Homer asks some of the women workers about the cider house rules, they explain that who writes the rules every year?

5. Who does Homer realize is in the workers' home with him when he masturbates in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who knows or suspects Homer and Candy's secret in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Homer learn about the history of the cider house rules in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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