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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is involved in Garp's rescue from the Steering gutter?
(a) All of these people are involved.
(b) Several students.
(c) The dean.
(d) Jenny.

4. What project does Jenny begin in Vienna?
(a) Her autobiography.
(b) Pursuing her medical degree so she can be a doctor, not a nurse.
(c) Sculpting a life-size statute of Garp.
(d) Learning German.

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

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

7. What is the name of Garp's second book?
(a) Helen and Garp: A Love Story.
(b) The World According to My Mother.
(c) Alith.
(d) Second Wind of the Cuckold.

8. What body part does Garp lose to Bonkers?
(a) Part of his finger.
(b) Part of his calf muscle.
(c) A piece of his scalp where the hair never grows again.
(d) Part of his ear.

9. How does Charlotte die?
(a) Her kidnapper kills her.
(b) She succumbs to cancer.
(c) She is hit by a taxi.
(d) She kills herself by drinking poison.

10. Who is Mrs. Ralph?
(a) Helen's colleague at the college.
(b) A nun who lives next door.
(c) Ralph's babysitter.
(d) Ralph's mother.

11. 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.

12. What is the title of Garp's first novel?
(a) Ellen James: My Hero and Friend.
(b) Autobiography of a Bear.
(c) Ellen James.
(d) Procrastination.

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

14. Who is Roberta Muldoon?
(a) Robert Muldoon's mistress.
(b) Robert Muldoon after sex-reassignment surgery.
(c) Robert Muldoon's sister.
(d) Robert Muldoon's daughter.

15. What item of Mrs. Ralph's clothing does Garp likely ruin when he catches her speeding?
(a) Her new, cashmere sweater.
(b) Her scarf.
(c) Her blouse.
(d) Her pants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unique band of characters are in Garp's first important story?

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

3. Who is Mr. Tinch?

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

5. Who suggests where Jenny and Garp should go after Garp's graduation?

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