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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Dr. Larch catches Homer searching his office, Dr. Larch tells Homer what in Chapter 3?
2. Melony suggests to Homer that Dr. Larch is addicted to what in Chapter 3?
3. 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?
4. What did Wally's mother change her first and last name to after marrying?
5. When Homer says goodbye to Dr. Larch, they tell each other what for the first time in Chapter 5?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who helps Wally and Candy arrive at the orphanage in Chapter 5? What impression do these characters have?
2. Where does Dr. Larch decide to go when leaving Boston in Chapter 2? Who invites him to a party and why, in this chapter?
3. How do the characters of Homer and Wally relate in Chapter 4?
4. What is the setting of the novel established in Chapter 1? During what time period does the novel begin?
5. How does the author describe Wilbur Larch's early life in Chapter 2? What led to Wilbur's sexually transmitted disease?
6. What causes Homer's first two adoptive families to return him to the orphanage in Chapter 1?
7. 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?
8. How does the setting of Heart's Haven and Heart's Rock compare to the orphanage in Chapter 4?
9. Why does Dr. Larch ask Homer to perform an autopsy in Chapter 5? What does Homer find?
10. In what ways does the character of Dr. Larch symbolize God? How is this illustrated in Chapter 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the symbolism of the cider house rules. Why does the author use this as the title of the novel? What is significant about these rules? What is Homer's reaction to the rules? Also discuss racial relations during the time period in the novel. Where do the apple pickers live during the off season? In what ways are they segregated from the white population?
Essay Topic 2
Define and discuss literary allusion and the novels "David Copperfield" and "Jane Eyre". What is symbolic in Dr. Larch choosing these novels to read to the children? What do these novels have in common? How do the orphans in the novel respond to these books?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the symbolism of Dr. Larch in the novel. What does Dr. Larch represent to Homer and the other orphans? How is he viewed by the nurses at the orphanage? What does Dr. Larch represent to the mothers who come to the orphanage?
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