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

2. After the incident in the movie theater, Jenny hypothesizes that all women are on their way to becoming what?
(a) Pregnant.
(b) Dead.
(c) A whore or a wife.
(d) A wife.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only word Technical Sergent Garp is able to say when he's admitted to the hospital?

2. When Jenny announces she wants to become pregnant but not have a relationship, what does she receive?

3. What is the name of the college Jenny drops out of?

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

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

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