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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did John Irving win the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his script "The Cider House Rules"?
(a) 2007.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1988.

2. From whose coat does Melony steal money before leaving the orphanage in Chapter 6?
(a) Nurse Caroline's.
(b) Olive Worthington's.
(c) Nurse Edna's.
(d) Mrs. Grogan's.

3. What woman from a high-society family in Boston invites Dr. Larch to a croquet party in Chapter 2?
(a) Olive Worthington.
(b) Mrs. Grogan.
(c) Grace Lynch.
(d) Mrs. Channing-Peabody.

4. Homer performs the autopsy and tells the doctor the cadaver died of what in Chapter 5?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Head trauma.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) A severed artery.

5. The older of the two orphans think the couple is there to do what when Candy and Wally arrive in Chapter 5?
(a) Have an abortion.
(b) Adopt a child.
(c) Make a donation.
(d) Deliver a baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the city where the orphanage is in "The Cider House Rules"?

2. What is Homer's last name in the novel?

3. Wilbur Larch's mother worked for whom?

4. On Thanksgiving in Chapter 8, the Worthingtons are hosting the dinner, which includes Candy and whom?

5. What did Wally's mother change her first and last name to after marrying?

(see the answer key)

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