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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Steering's colors?

2. When Garp is very young, how do the students at Steering treat him?

3. Where do the initials "T.S" (in T.S. Garp's name) come from?

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

5. What body part does Garp lose to Bonkers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Helen and Garp get most of their money during the first several years of their marriage?

2. Why is Jenny so interested in speaking with the prostitutes?

3. What role does Garp play for Jenny when they are in Vienna?

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

5. What do the deaths of so many parents symbolize in the chapter entitled "The First Feminist Funeral, and Other Funerals"?

6. What does Garp's dream (when Duncan is at Ralph's house) symbolize?

7. When they are first introduced in the novel, what do the Ellen Jamesians symbolize?

8. What does Helen think about Garp's short story to Walt (about the dog and the cat)?

9. What does the nickname "blue and blood" for Steering's colors allude to?

10. What does Garp think is the source of Helen's bruises (while she is having an affair)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast two major female characters within _The World According to Garp_. What are their differences? What are their similarities? Make sure to use multiple citations from the text.

Essay Topic 2

In _The World According to Garp_, there are stories within the story. Who is the author of these short stories, T. S. Garp or John Irving? Provide at least three reasons that support your position.

Essay Topic 3

The character of John Wolf plays a key role within the story. Is he a "good" character or a "bad" character? Does he help Jenny or hurt her? Does he help the Garp family or hurt them? Make sure to use at least three examples from the text to support your position.

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