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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Garp feel about Ellen Jamesians?
(a) He respects them.
(b) He find them interesting and wants to learn more about them.
(c) He finds them disgusting.
(d) He idolizes them.

2. How is Jenny's book received?
(a) It never gets published because of a fire.
(b) Not well at all.
(c) Very well.
(d) It only gets published back in Vienna.

3. How can Garp and Helen's first conversations best be described?
(a) Angry and agressive.
(b) Short and awkward.
(c) Long and intimate.
(d) Romantic and long-winded.

4. Who is Margie Tallworth?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Someone who sees Michael and Helen together in a car.
(c) Michael Milton's ex-girlfriend.
(d) A student of Helen's.

5. What is Dog's Head Harbor?
(a) Jenny's family's estate.
(b) The name of a private school.
(c) A library Jenny inadvertently takes over.
(d) The place where Jenny and Ernie get married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Garp write to Helen about right before he and Jenny leave Vienna?

2. What is unique about Alice's way of speaking?

3. While Duncan is spending the night with Ralph, Garp has a dream about Duncan. Where are Garp and Duncan in that dream?

4. Who is Harrison Fletcher?

5. What does the dog in Garp's story to Walt want more than anything?

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