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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 does Homer realize is in the workers' home with him when he masturbates in Chapter 6?
(a) Ray Kendall.
(b) Candy.
(c) Grace Lynch.
(d) Olive Worthington.

2. What worker tells Melony she should give up on her boyfriend since he isn't worth it if he didn't tell Melony where he was in Chapter 7?
(a) Candy.
(b) Lorna.
(c) Sandra.
(d) Grace.

3. Who does Homer send to St. Cloud's to get a job "doing the Lord's work" in Chapter 10?
(a) Fuzzy Stone.
(b) Nurse Caroline.
(c) Nurse Edna.
(d) Nurse Angela.

4. Two months after Wally's plane goes down, who returns home in Chapter 3?
(a) Three members of his crew.
(b) Dr. Larch.
(c) Wally's uncle.
(d) Wally's brother.

5. Melony gives her lover a carton to give to Mrs. Grogan if she is alive containing what in Chapter 10?
(a) A gold necklace.
(b) A phone number.
(c) A jacket and the money Melony stole from Mrs. Grogan.
(d) An apology letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes a letter to Homer to tell him about his heart condition in Chapter 8?

2. Homer knows more than his biology teacher about what in Chapter 8?

3. What orphan from St. Cloud's did Melony once break her collarbone?

4. When Homer is gone for three weeks, Dr. Larch says he doesn't care about who does what, so who starts reading to the boy orphans in Chapter 6?

5. The night before Wally comes home from the hospital in Chapter 10, Candy tells Homer that no matter what happens, they have to promise to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed in Nurse Caroline's warning in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

5. What is foreshadowed by the bombing at Pearl Harbor in Chapter 8?

6. What is symbolic about the trees at the orchard in Chapter 8?

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

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

9. How does Candy establish rules for her relationship with Homer in Chapter 10?

10. What leads to the sexual interaction between Grace and Homer in Chapter 7?

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