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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. As the summer ends and Wally prepares to go back to college, Olive offers Homer an opportunity to stay where?

2. Melony frames a newspaper article about what in Chapter 10?

3. Who works as a plane spotter for two hours a day at her club in Chapter 8?

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. In Chapter 10, Homer has been running Ocean View, and he is now responsible for what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is discovered about the behavior of Wally Senior in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the characters of Wally and Candy in the narrative. How old are these characters? What are their backgrounds like? How old are they when they are introduced in the novel? How do the lives of Wally and Candy relate to the life of Homer in Chapter 4?

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 foreshadowing in Chapter 5 and Homer's decision to go with Wally and Candy in the novel. What does Homer hope to gain from the experience? What can be seen in the discussion between Wally and Homer?

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