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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. In Chapter 5, Melony watches as a few women walk from the first train of the morning up to St. Cloud's and observes that the women that come on the morning train and leave on the afternoon train are different how?
(a) They are more cheerful.
(b) Their eyes look different.
(c) They are quieter.
(d) They walk differently.

2. What did Wally's mother change her first and last name to after marrying?
(a) Olive Worthington.
(b) Janice Worthington.
(c) Martha Worthington.
(d) Candice Worthington.

3. In Chapter 2, Dr. Larch returns to the hospital with a girl how old who is pregnant by her father?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

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

5. The autopsy reveals that the prostitute to whom Dr. Larch lost his virginity to died of what in Chapter 2?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Scurvy.
(c) A heart attack.
(d) Herpes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Wilbur Larch was born in what era?

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

3. Where did Wilbur Larch attend medical school?

4. What do the nurses at the orphanage refer to the doctor as?

5. What is the birth name of Wally's mother in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What causes Homer's first two adoptive families to return him to the orphanage in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

7. Where does Dr. Larch send the prostitute's daughter in Chapter 2? What happens to her there?

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

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

10. Why does Dr. Larch ask Homer to perform an autopsy in Chapter 5? What does Homer find?

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