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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jenny's role at Steering?
(a) She is the dean.
(b) She is the director of admissions.
(c) She is the school nurse.
(d) She is an English professor.

2. Where do the Garps go to recover after their car accident?
(a) Dog's Head Harbor.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Steering.
(d) Wellesley College.

3. Why is the young Garp labeled "mischievous" by the people at Steering?
(a) Because he lies a lot.
(b) Because he is a bully.
(c) Because he has no father.
(d) Because he steals food from the kitchens.

4. What happens to Charlotte that makes her so hard to find?
(a) She only works at nights now.
(b) She had surgery so she looks different.
(c) She has been diagnosed with cancer.
(d) She has been kidnapped.

5. What does Helen agree to do after receiving Garp's first novel?
(a) Give it to her father.
(b) Edit it.
(c) Read it and provide feedback.
(d) Marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. During her affair with a student, where do Helen's bruises come from?

2. What sad figure does Garp come across one day while jogging in the park?

3. How does Jenny respond to Garp's crush on Helen?

4. What happens to Walt as a result of the car accident in his driveway?

5. What ultimately happens to the cat in the story Garp tells Walt?

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