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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. When the other workers leave for lunch, who stays behind, cleaning a big vat in Chapter 7?
(a) Mrs. Grogan.
(b) Grace Lynch.
(c) Debra Pettigrew.
(d) Candy.

2. When Homer Wells receives his survey from the board, it is the same day what who arrives at the orchard in Chapter 7?
(a) Melony.
(b) Wally.
(c) Ray Kendall.
(d) The pickers.

3. Who does Homer take to Bath to see the Fred Astaire movie in Chapter 8?
(a) Dr. Larch.
(b) Mary Agnes.
(c) Candy.
(d) Debra Pettigrew.

4. By what nickname does Melony think of Homer in Chapter 6?
(a) Teddy bear.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Muffin man.
(d) Butter ball.

5. Who shows up Ocean View asking for Homer in Chapter 10?
(a) Candy.
(b) Lorna.
(c) Melony.
(d) Mr. Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Candy and Homer go to talk about the fact that they love each other in Chapter 8?

2. What does D and C stand for?

3. Homer knows more than his biology teacher about what in Chapter 8?

4. The night before Wally goes back to college, he takes Homer where?

5. In Chapter 8, Wally is talking about how he wants to be a pilot so he can do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long has Homer been gone from the orphanage in Chapter 6? What is going on at the orphanage?

2. How does Dr. Larch relate to Melony in Chapter 6?

3. What is foreshadowed by Wally's return in Chapter 10?

4. What leads Candy to discover Homer's love for her in Chapter 8?

5. How have Homer's feelings about St. Cloud's changed in Chapter 6?

6. What does Mrs. Grogan see changing in Melony in Chapter 6? Why?

7. What is discovered about the behavior of Wally Senior in Chapter 7?

8. How does Melony's relationship with Lorna parallel her relationship with Homer in Chapter 10?

9. Who begins to press Dr. Larch toward retirement in Chapter 6?

10. What is symbolic about the trees at the orchard in Chapter 8?

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