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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Garp write to Helen about right before he and Jenny leave Vienna?
(a) He tells her to move on and start dating other people.
(b) He never wants to hear from her again.
(c) He asks her to marry him.
(d) He wants to come to college where she is.

2. What is the name of Garp's first important story?
(a) The Pension Grillparzer.
(b) My Time in Vienna.
(c) The Grillparzer Pension.
(d) Jenny, My Mother and Friend.

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

4. Who chooses Garp's sport at Steering?
(a) He is assigned.
(b) Jenny.
(c) The dean.
(d) Garp picks a sport out of a hat.

5. What characteristics is Mr. Tinch best known for?
(a) Bad skin and a lisp.
(b) Bad clothes and a limp.
(c) Bad breath and a stutter.
(d) Bad hair and a bowtie.

6. What is unique about Alice's way of speaking?
(a) She is mute.
(b) She has a very heavy accent.
(c) She believes in only using verbs.
(d) She has a strong lisp.

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

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

9. What drink do Jenny and Garp share after his graduation?
(a) A margarita.
(b) A martini.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

10. Who tells Garp where to find Charlotte?
(a) Her priest.
(b) Her doctor.
(c) A prostitute.
(d) Jenny.

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

12. After seeing advertisements in the phone book, what does Garp consider changing his profession to?
(a) Marriage counseling.
(b) Managing a bank.
(c) Managing a lumber yard.
(d) Becoming a plumber.

13. Where do Garp and Jenny plan to go after Garp's graduation?
(a) South America.
(b) Vienna.
(c) New York City.
(d) Out west somewhere.

14. What friend's house does Duncan like to spend the night at?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Sam.
(c) Walt.
(d) Ernie.

15. What is the name of the hospital Jenny Fields first works in?
(a) Boston General.
(b) Boston Mercy.
(c) None of these answers is correct.
(d) General Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jenny Garp handle her alcohol?

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

3. After the incident in the movie theater, Jenny hypothesizes that all women are on their way to becoming what?

4. How does Garp spend his time when he first arrives in Vienna?

5. What is the title of Garp's first novel?

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