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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sad figure does Garp come across one day while jogging in the park?
(a) A funeral ceremony.
(b) A dead dog.
(c) A dead bear.
(d) A very young girl who has been raped.

2. What is Jenny unable to advise Garp about at Steering?
(a) Sports teams.
(b) Which teachers will let him cheat.
(c) Who to pick as a roommate.
(d) The male teachers.

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

4. What is the only word Technical Sergent Garp is able to say when he's admitted to the hospital?
(a) Thank you.
(b) He can't say anything.
(c) Help.
(d) Garp.

5. Who is Harrison Fletcher having an affair with?
(a) A student.
(b) His personal chef.
(c) Another professor at a different university.
(d) A babysitter.

6. What is Garp known for chasing throughout his neighborhood?
(a) Speeding cars.
(b) Dogs that remind him of Bonkers.
(c) People on unicycles.
(d) People on bicycles.

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

8. How does Garp spend his time when he first arrives in Vienna?
(a) Going out on the club scene.
(b) Staying in the hotel writing.
(c) Writing in the library.
(d) Exploring all the city has to offer.

9. Who is Mr. Tinch?
(a) The former dean.
(b) Garp's uncle.
(c) Garp's English teacher.
(d) Helen's father.

10. What is Stewart Percy's formal role at Steering?
(a) School chef.
(b) We never learn.
(c) Chief doctor.
(d) School secretary.

11. What does Jenny offer to do to Bonkers after Bonkers attacks Garp?
(a) Take care of him.
(b) Find another home.
(c) Punish him.
(d) Put him to sleep.

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

13. How does Jenny respond to Garp's crush on Helen?
(a) She attempts to keep them apart.
(b) She writes Helen a long letter.
(c) She threatens Helen.
(d) She writes Garp a long letter.

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

15. What do people tell Garp has happened to Charlotte when she disappears?
(a) That she is hiding from him.
(b) That she has become sick.
(c) That she moved to the suburbs.
(d) That she quit working.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Fletchers eventually move away from the Garps?

2. What is the name of Steering's wrestling coach?

3. Why is the young Garp labeled "mischievous" by the people at Steering?

4. What happened to Ellen James that made her famous?

5. Who is Alice Fletcher?

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