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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Pension Grillparzer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Stewart Percy's formal role at Steering?
(a) School secretary.
(b) We never learn.
(c) School chef.
(d) Chief doctor.

2. What is the name of Garp's older sister?
(a) Walt.
(b) Garp doesn't have any siblings.
(c) Jameson.
(d) Stewart.

3. When Garp is very young, how do the students at Steering treat him?
(a) They don't even know he exists because Jenny hides him.
(b) Kindly.
(c) They bully him around.
(d) They are forbidden to talk to him.

4. What happened to Ernie's wife?
(a) She died in childbirth.
(b) She died of cancer.
(c) She left him.
(d) He was never married.

5. What unique band of characters are in Garp's first important story?
(a) Zany librarians.
(b) People who paint only with their toes.
(c) A circus troupe.
(d) People who don't have eyes but who can still see somehow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Garp and Jenny plan to go after Garp's graduation?

2. Why does Helen not attend Steering?

3. Who suggests where Jenny and Garp should go after Garp's graduation?

4. What do people tell Garp has happened to Charlotte when she disappears?

5. Who is Charlotte?

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