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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do Garp and Jenny think of Frank Grillparzer?
(a) That he's much nicer in person than they would have thought.
(b) That he should be better known in the U.S.
(c) That he is incredibly talented.
(d) That he is overrated.

4. Who suggests where Jenny and Garp should go after Garp's graduation?
(a) The dean.
(b) Jenny's parents.
(c) Cushie.
(d) Mr. Tinch.

5. Who are the Ellen Jamesians?
(a) People who get surgery to look like Ellen James.
(b) People who donate to the Ellen James scholarship fund.
(c) Women who also cut their tongues out.
(d) People who attend school at Ellen James University.

6. What is _The Sexual Suspect_?
(a) Garp's autobiography.
(b) The nickname Jenny earns in Vienna.
(c) Jenny's autobiography.
(d) The nickname Garp earns in Vienna.

7. What does Mr. Tinch encourage Garp to do?
(a) Try his hand at sculpture.
(b) Keep trying his hand at writing.
(c) Take up fencing.
(d) Keep running on the team.

8. Who comes to seek out Jenny at Dog's Head Harbor?
(a) People wanting to attend nusing school.
(b) People wanting to check out books.
(c) Children in foster care.
(d) "Lost" women.

9. How old is Jenny Fields when the novel opens?
(a) 25.
(b) 24.
(c) 19.
(d) 22.

10. How does Duncan get to his friend's house?
(a) Garp drives him.
(b) He walks.
(c) He takes the bus.
(d) He rides his bike.

11. When Jenny announces she wants to become pregnant but not have a relationship, what does she receive?
(a) Many offers to be the father from her male colleagues.
(b) Hate mail.
(c) Many baby gifts.
(d) Baby clothes.

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

13. What does Garp not like in some sports?
(a) Having to play on a team.
(b) Using a racket.
(c) Running.
(d) Using a ball.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Harrison Fletcher?

2. What do people tell Garp has happened to Charlotte when she disappears?

3. Who is "Cushie"?

4. Who was Robert Muldoon?

5. What book does Mrs. Ralph have in her car when Garp catches her speeding?

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