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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 10, who has been trying to replace Dr. Larch at the orphanage?
(a) The board of trustees.
(b) Nurse Angela.
(c) The Attorney General.
(d) The Governor.

2. Chapter 10 begins how many years later than Chapter 9?
(a) 6.
(b) 24.
(c) 15.
(d) 11.

3. Homer doesn't want to take whom to Bath to see the Fred Astaire movie in Chapter 8?
(a) Debra Pettigrew.
(b) Dr. Larch.
(c) Candy.
(d) Nurse Edna.

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

5. In Chapter 6, Dr. Larch writes a letter to tell Homer that Melony left the orphanage and that she took with her the only copy of what book?
(a) Grey's Anatomy.
(b) Jane Eyre.
(c) David Copperfield.
(d) The Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Chapter 10, Melony and who are still a couple?

2. Dr. Larch begins going around now and doing what each night in Chapter 7?

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

4. How old is Dr. Larch in Chapter 10?

5. After his first letter to Dr. Larch, Homer writes home about how often in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Candy establish rules for her relationship with Homer in Chapter 10?

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

5. How does Homer view Ray Kendall in Chapter 6? Who does he remind him of?

6. What does Homer learn about the history of the cider house rules in Chapter 7?

7. Who knows or suspects Homer and Candy's secret in Chapter 9?

8. What takes place on Thanksgiving in Chapter 8? Where is the novel set in this chapter?

9. What does Melony do when being chased by two workers in Chapter 7?

10. What is foreshadowed in Nurse Caroline's warning in Chapter 9?

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