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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through What He Wanted to Be When He Grew Up.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only word Technical Sergent Garp is able to say when he's admitted to the hospital?
(a) Garp.
(b) He can't say anything.
(c) Help.
(d) Thank you.

2. What body part does Garp lose to Bonkers?
(a) A piece of his scalp where the hair never grows again.
(b) Part of his finger.
(c) Part of his ear.
(d) Part of his calf muscle.

3. What is Steering?
(a) The name of a street.
(b) A women's shelter.
(c) A private boy's school.
(d) A hospital.

4. When the novel begins, what year is it?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1936.
(d) We never learn what year it is.

5. What is the name of the college Jenny drops out of?
(a) We never learn the school's name.
(b) Boston University.
(c) Wellesley.
(d) Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can Garp and Helen's first conversations best be described?

2. What does Garp not like in some sports?

3. When Garp is very young, how do the students at Steering treat him?

4. Where does Jenny go after being fired from the hospital?

5. What are Steering's colors?

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