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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Walt as a result of the car accident in his driveway?
(a) He loses his right eye.
(b) He loses his right arm.
(c) He is paralyzed.
(d) He dies.

2. In Garp's dream, what does Duncan need to do?
(a) Clean up his room.
(b) Finish his homework.
(c) Run a really fast race.
(d) Go to the bathroom.

3. What horrible event is the center of _The World According to Bensenhaver_?
(a) Helen Fields' rape.
(b) John Irving's rape trial.
(c) Hope Standish's rape.
(d) Jenny Duncan's rape.

4. What medical aid does Jenny take Duncan to get?
(a) A glass eye.
(b) A hearing aid.
(c) A walker.
(d) A cane.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the cat continue to do to the dog in the story Garp tells Walt?

2. How does Garp learn of his wife's affair?

3. Who does Garp meet on a plane after the first feminist funeral?

4. What does the dog in Garp's story to Walt want more than anything?

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

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