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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ultimately happens to the cat in the story Garp tells Walt?
(a) He is eaten by the dog.
(b) He is hit by a truck.
(c) He and the dog become good friends.
(d) He is taken to a new town by his owners.

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

3. Why does John Wolf not want to publish Garp's novel _The World According to Bensenhaver_?
(a) Because his mother demanded he get out of publishing.
(b) Because it is too sappy.
(c) Because it is too gory and violent.
(d) Because it is a collection of poetry.

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

5. What does the dog in Garp's story to Walt want more than anything?
(a) To be able to reach a cat.
(b) To be free of his leash.
(c) To be inside during the day with his master.
(d) To go meet a girl dog he can see through his fence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Bensenhaver?

2. What lesson does Walt take from the story Garp tells him?

3. What is the color of the clothes of Mrs. Ralph's guest who won't leave?

4. What time of day is it when Garp starts telling Walt a story about a dog and a cat?

5. How does Garp have to communicate after his car accident?

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