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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 13.
(d) 18.

2. 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 snake.
(c) A frog.
(d) A stick.

3. Homer sends a note to Melony to tell her what when he goes to read for the girls in Chapter 3?
(a) He can't find her record.
(b) Dr. Larch is not gay.
(c) He enjoys the picture.
(d) He wants to go for a walk.

4. Where did Wilbur Larch attend medical school?
(a) Exeter College.
(b) Cambridge University.
(c) Harvard Medical School.
(d) Bowdoin College.

5. Wally's girlfriend in Chapter 4 is the daughter of the local what?
(a) Lobsterman and mechanic.
(b) Sheriff and city councilman.
(c) Capenter and drunk.
(d) Banker and investor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, the author describes a place off what street that performs the illegal abortions without a medical doctor?

2. After the prostitute dies, her daughter comes to see Dr. Larch and hands him a brown bottle that contains a solution promising to do what in Chapter 2?

3. What kind of car does Wally's father own in the novel?

4. While Dr. Larch permits Homer to deliver babies, he doesn't allow Homer to do what in Chapter 4?

5. Two boys from the orphanage playing outside fall over the dead and frozen body of whom in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe Wilbur Larch's early life in Chapter 2? What led to Wilbur's sexually transmitted disease?

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

3. Why does the prostitute's daughter come to Dr. Larch in Chapter 2?

4. How is the atmosphere described in the beginning of Chapter 5? What is symbolic in this description?

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

6. What is ironic about Wilbur's parents in Chapter 2? How is Wilbur's career shaped by his encounter with the prostitute?

7. How is Melony described by the author in Chapter 3? What age is Melony?

8. In what ways does Dr. Larch record the history of St. Cloud's as described in Chapter 1?

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

10. What is Dr. Larch's reaction to Homer's leaving the orphanage in Chapter 5? What is foreshadowed?

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