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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. By what age is Homer learning to be a doctor, seen a live birth, learned how to perform abortions, and having routine sex with Melony in Chapter 3?

2. Melony tells Homer that she will do to him what the woman is doing in the picture if he will do what in Chapter 3?

3. When Wally sees Candy with the younger boy in her lap, he begs her to do what in Chapter 5?

4. What is the birth name of Wally's mother in the novel?

5. The town in which the orphanage is set is described as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways do the characters of Olive Worthington and Dr. Larch relate in Chapter 4?

2. How is Homer's first meeting with Candy and Wally described in Chapter 5?

3. How do the characters of Homer and Wally relate in Chapter 4?

4. What is foreshadowed about the life and career of Dr. Larch in Chapter 2?

5. Why does Dr. Larch keep the women having abortions separate from the women giving birth in Chapter 3?

6. In what ways is St. Cloud's symbolic? How does the author establish this in Chapter 1?

7. Who helps Wally and Candy arrive at the orphanage in Chapter 5? What impression do these characters have?

8. How is Homer Wells described in Chapter 1? How is Homer viewed by Dr. Larch and the nurses?

9. What is the setting of the novel established in Chapter 1? During what time period does the novel begin?

10. What is symbolic about Dr. Larch's choices for the books read to the orphans in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the settings of Heart's Haven and Heart's Rock and the history of the Worthington family. How do Heart's Haven and Heart's Rock differ from St. Cloud's, Maine? How is Wally Worthington, Senior described? What is his relationship with his wife like?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Melony's decision to run away from the orphanage and her theft from Mrs. Grogan. How does Melony feel about this action of deceit? What are the reactions of Dr. Larch and Mrs. Grogan after Melony's disappearance? How does Mrs. Grogan react to her money being stolen?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the decision of Candy and Wally to have an abortion. How do each of the characters feel about this choice? Why does Wally attempt to talk Candy out of the procedure? What is Candy's response?

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