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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The First Assassin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state does Mrs. Ralph appear to be when Garp starts talking to her, after he sneaks over to her house to check on Duncan?
(a) Having a mental breakdown.
(b) She is acting normally.
(c) On drugs.
(d) Drunk.

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

3. Who is Charlotte?
(a) Garp's girlfriend in Vienna.
(b) Garp and Jenny's landlord.
(c) The name of the prostitute's hairstylist.
(d) The prostitute Jenny ends up speaking with.

4. What is Garp looking up in the phone book when he has a career revelation?
(a) Toilets.
(b) Lumber.
(c) Marriage Counselors.
(d) Banks.

5. Who is the author of the book Mrs. Ralph has in her car?
(a) Dostoevsky.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Garp.
(d) John Irving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the car that Hope is kidnapped in?

2. Why does John Wolf not want to publish Garp's novel _The World According to Bensenhaver_?

3. When the novel begins, what year is it?

4. Where do the initials "T.S" (in T.S. Garp's name) come from?

5. What is the name of Mrs. Ralph's dog?

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