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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. What do Melony and Homer see flying in the air by the river in Chapter 3?
(a) A small plane.
(b) A hawk.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A crow.

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

3. Where does Wally learn he can take his fiance for an abortion in Chapter 4?
(a) St. Cloud's.
(b) Ocean's View Orchard.
(c) Anderson Hospital.
(d) St. Jude's.

4. Which nurse is in love with the doctor at the orphanage?
(a) Nurse Beth.
(b) Nurse Angela.
(c) Nurse Edna.
(d) Nurse Melissa.

5. After graduating from medical school, Dr. Larch delivers babies where?
(a) Boston.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. How does Homer feel about Candy when he first meets her in Chapter 5?

3. Melony suggests to Homer that Dr. Larch is addicted to what in Chapter 3?

4. Homer's first foster family returns him to the orphanage because of what reason?

5. Who is the founder and doctor of the hospital who runs the orphanage in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolic about Dr. Larch's choices for the books read to the orphans in Chapter 3?

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

3. Discuss the symbolism and foreshadowing in Chapter 4. What is foreshadowed by Candy's pregnancy?

4. Where does Wally invite Homer to go with him in Chapter 5?

5. In what ways does the character of Dr. Larch symbolize God? How is this illustrated in Chapter 3?

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

7. How does the book Jane Eyre relate to the main characters in Chapter 4? What heroic act does Homer do in this chapter?

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

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

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

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