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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 are Steering's colors?
(a) Blue and red.
(b) Gold and red.
(c) Red and blue.
(d) Gold and blue.

2. How old is Jenny Fields when the novel opens?
(a) 19.
(b) 24.
(c) 25.
(d) 22.

3. What is Garp doing when he gets stuck in the gutter?
(a) Trying to capture pigeons.
(b) Playing hide and seek with some students.
(c) Trying to fly.
(d) Trying to run away.

4. When was Steering established?
(a) 1800s.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1900s.

5. What gift does Jenny receive as a thank you for her 15 years of service to Steering?
(a) A new medical kit.
(b) Dishes.
(c) Kitchen knives.
(d) A pin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Garp's older sister?

2. How do Jenny's parents respond to her decision to drop out of college?

3. When she is young, who does Helen say she wants to marry?

4. What body part does Garp lose to Bonkers?

5. What sport does Garp eventually end up playing at Steering?

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