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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is "Cushie"?
(a) The school secretary.
(b) A teacher.
(c) One of the Percy girls.
(d) A nurse who works with Jenny.

4. What language does Jenny learn while living in Vienna?
(a) German.
(b) Viennese.
(c) None.
(d) French.

5. Who is Harrison Fletcher?
(a) Helen's boss at the university.
(b) Helen's colleague at the university where they teach.
(c) A student of Helen's.
(d) Helen's long-lost brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Garp where to find Charlotte?

2. What do Garp and Jenny think of Frank Grillparzer?

3. What is the name of Garp's older sister?

4. What is the name of Helen and Garp's second child?

5. What does Garp write to Helen about right before he and Jenny leave Vienna?

Short Essay Questions

1. What starts the feud between Jenny and the Percies?

2. How do Garp and Cushie respond when they hear Fat Stew bellowing for Cushie's return?

3. What is symbolic about the book that Mrs. Ralph has in her car when Garp chases her down for speeding?

4. Why won't Helen read _The World According to Bensenhaver_?

5. How does Ernie Holm die?

6. What is the ultimate goal behind Garp writing his first short story?

7. What does Mrs. Ralph keep claiming that she will eventually do to Garp?

8. Who is Donald Whitcomb?

9. How does Roberta Muldoon enter Garp's life?

10. How does Garp react to the Ellen Jamesians after Ellen's article is published?

(see the answer keys)

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