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

2. Wilbur Larch was born in what era?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1910s.
(c) 1860s.
(d) 1880s.

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

4. What does Homer name the baby he delivers in Chapter 4?
(a) Darren.
(b) Dennis.
(c) Daryl.
(d) David.

5. Melony leads Homer to a picture on the wall where a woman is putting her mouth on what in Chapter 3?
(a) A glass of beer.
(b) A pony's genitals.
(c) A man's chest.
(d) A sandwich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did John Irving grow up?

2. When Homer turns to Gray's Anatomy for additional information on the fetus in Chapter 5, the fetus information is where in the book?

3. Homer discovers the abortions that take place at the orphanage when he discovers what in a wastebasket?

4. After graduating from medical school, Dr. Larch delivers babies where?

5. When Wally sees Candy with the younger boy in her lap, he begs her to do what in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Homer Wells described in Chapter 1? How is Homer viewed by Dr. Larch and the nurses?

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

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

7. What imagery does the author use in describing Homer's walks from the girls' division at the orphanage in Chapter 3? What is symbolic about this imagery?

8. How is Homer's first meeting with Candy and Wally described in Chapter 5?

9. What does the exposition reveal about Dr. Larch's past in Chapter 1?

10. What is the setting of the novel established in Chapter 1? During what time period does the novel begin?

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