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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wilbur Larch's father is described as having been what?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A drunk.
(c) A preacher.
(d) A banker.

2. Where did John Irving grow up?
(a) Bangor, Maine.
(b) Detroit, Michigan.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Exeter, New Hampshire.

3. When Wally asks some of the men working at his parents' orchard about abortion, one of the men tells him to talk to whom in Chapter 4?
(a) Debra Pettigrew.
(b) Mary Agnes.
(c) Grace Lynch.
(d) Olive Worthington.

4. Melony suggests to Homer that Dr. Larch is what in Chapter 3?
(a) Gay.
(b) In love with her.
(c) Rich.
(d) Abusing the orphans.

5. How many of John Irving's novels have been adapted to film?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 13.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Melony and Homer see flying in the air by the river in Chapter 3?

2. Unknown to Dr. Larch, Melony, and Homer, who lay dead in the woods in Chapter 5?

3. Homer performs the autopsy and tells the doctor the cadaver died of what in Chapter 5?

4. Dr. Larch is surprised to see that the woman in the pornographic photo is whom in Chapter 3?

5. When was "The World According to Garp" published?

(see the answer key)

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