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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a graduation gift from high school, Wilbur's father bought him what?
(a) A plane ticket.
(b) A watch.
(c) A night with a prostitute.
(d) A new car.

2. While Dr. Larch permits Homer to deliver babies, he doesn't allow Homer to do what in Chapter 4?
(a) Brain surgery.
(b) Draw blood.
(c) Heart surgery.
(d) Perform abortions.

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

4. Dr. Larch asks Homer to perform an autopsy on what in Chapter 5?
(a) An old man.
(b) A teenage girl.
(c) A dead fetus.
(d) A horse.

5. Melony tells Homer in Chapter 3 that if Homer was born at the orphanage, then there is what?
(a) Birth certificate on file.
(b) A record of who his real mother is.
(c) A movie of his birth.
(d) Photographs of his parents.

6. Melony makes Homer promise that he will stay at the orphanage as long as what in Chapter 3?
(a) Dr. Larch is in charge.
(b) She is there.
(c) He is alive.
(d) She is alive.

7. What is the name of the daughter that a high-society woman wants Dr. Larch to perform an abortion on in Chapter 2?
(a) Candy.
(b) Missy.
(c) Angel.
(d) Melony.

8. Dr. Larch applies for an obstetrics position in his home town of what in Chapter 2?
(a) Miami, Florida.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Portland, Maine.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

9. Melony suggests to Homer that Dr. Larch is addicted to what in Chapter 3?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Ether.
(d) Opium.

10. How does Homer feel about Candy when he first meets her in Chapter 5?
(a) He thinks she is misinformed.
(b) He finds her unattractive.
(c) He falls in love with her.
(d) He thinks she is arrogant.

11. When Homer says goodbye to Dr. Larch, they tell each other what for the first time in Chapter 5?
(a) Religious viewpoints.
(b) They love each other.
(c) Stories from childhood.
(d) Hopes for the future.

12. Who is one of the nurses who works in the boys' division of the hospital orphanage and who tries to never repeat names when naming the babies?
(a) Nurse Edna.
(b) Nurse Angela.
(c) Nurse Beth.
(d) Nurse Melissa.

13. Who is looking out the window when the car drives by leaving with Homer in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Nurse Edna.
(b) Angel.
(c) Nurse Caroline.
(d) Melony.

14. When Homer is how old does Dr. Larch assign him to read to the girls at the orphanage?
(a) 17.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

15. Melony picks up what while she and Homer are hanging out in one of the abandoned buildings by the river in Chapter 3?
(a) A rock.
(b) A frog.
(c) A snake.
(d) A stick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wilbur Larch's father is described as having been what?

2. The older of the two orphans think the couple is there to do what when Candy and Wally arrive in Chapter 5?

3. When Homer sneaks into the baby room in Chapter 3, he finds one of the expectant mothers standing there who asks him to do what?

4. Wilbur Larch's mother worked for whom?

5. The nurses keep mentioning in the novel that the doctor is named after what?

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