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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jillsy Sloper?
(a) A cleaning woman at John Wolf's publishing company.
(b) John Wolf's secret test to see if a novel will be successful.
(c) The person to whom Garp dedicates _The World According to Bensenhaver_.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

2. What position does Garp take at Steering after his mother passes away?
(a) An in-house writer on the campus.
(b) The school nurse.
(c) The school secretary.
(d) The school wrestling coach.

3. Who does Helen end up having an affair with?
(a) Duncan's babysitter.
(b) Fat Stew.
(c) Roberta Muldoon.
(d) Michael Milton.

4. What is the color of the clothes of Mrs. Ralph's guest who won't leave?
(a) Bright yellow.
(b) Purple.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

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

6. What does Duncan see while looking down at the street from John Wolf's office?
(a) Many people who are crippled.
(b) A runaway car.
(c) A robbery.
(d) A runaway horse.

7. What happens to Garp in Garp's dream?
(a) He teaches Duncan how to wrestle with a bear.
(b) He is too stupid to help Duncan with his homework.
(c) He can't remember how to write.
(d) He is also sucked out of an airplane.

8. What country is Michael Milton obsessed with?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) London.
(d) France.

9. What happens to Duncan in Garp's dream?
(a) He gets sucked out of a plane.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) He asks his dad for help.
(d) He chooses the wrong door.

10. Where does Garp take his sons when he learns of Helen's affair?
(a) To visit Roberta.
(b) To their grandmother's.
(c) Back to daycare.
(d) To the movies.

11. How does Garp dress while attending the first feminist funeral?
(a) As a woman.
(b) In all black.
(c) Like a policeman.
(d) Like a priest.

12. What final act prompts Garp to take Duncan home from Mrs. Ralph's house?
(a) Mrs. Ralph's incessant yelling.
(b) The arrival of the police.
(c) A phone call from Helen.
(d) A very bad feeling Garp has.

13. Who calls Garp in the middle of the night while his family is in Europe?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Roberta.
(c) John Wolf.
(d) Michael Milton.

14. What kind of car do the Garps own?
(a) A Ford truck.
(b) A Volvo.
(c) A BMW.
(d) A really old station wagon that looks like a hearse.

15. What is the title of the first essay Ellen James writes that is published?
(a) "What Jenny Fields Meant to Me."
(b) Robert/Roberta: Can You Tell the Difference?"
(c) "Life with the Garps."
(d) "Why I'm Not an Ellen Jamesian."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color is the car that Hope is kidnapped in?

3. How does Garp feel about what happens to Duncan in his dream?

4. What is the dog is Garp's story to Walt chained to?

5. Who accosts Garp at the first feminist's funeral?

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