The World According to Garp Test | Final Test - Easy

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The World According to Garp Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the main character in _The World According to Bensenhaver_?
(a) Jenny Duncan.
(b) John Irving.
(c) Helen Fields.
(d) Hope Standish.

2. How does Garp learn of his wife's affair?
(a) Margie Tallworth slips him a note.
(b) Helen confesses.
(c) He catches her in bed with her lover.
(d) He is just suspicious.

3. When Garp goes to Ralph's house to check on Duncan, what does Garp find him doing?
(a) Reading magazines.
(b) Sneaking alcohol with Ralph.
(c) Sleeping in the living room.
(d) Fighting with Ralph.

4. Who tries to run Garp over while he is jogging down the road?
(a) Helen.
(b) Roberta.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) An Ellen Jamesian.

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

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

7. Who takes care of the Garps during their recovery?
(a) Michael.
(b) Helen.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Roberta.

8. What is Mrs. Ralph wearing when Garp first sees her, after Garp sneaks over to her house to check on Duncan?
(a) Exercise clothing.
(b) Plaid PJs
(c) Lingerie.
(d) Only a bathrobe.

9. What does Garp hit one night when driving into his driveway with the engine and lights off?
(a) His house.
(b) Michael Milton's car.
(c) Walt's new toy truck.
(d) Duncan's new bike.

10. What moves so that the dog ends up being closer to the cat in the story Garp tells Walt?
(a) The cat mistakenly moves too close.
(b) There is an earthquake and the street moves a little.
(c) The owner moves the stake in the ground.
(d) The truck moves a little each day.

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

12. Whose student paper is Helen caught reading one night when Garp realizes she's not in bed?
(a) Michael Milton's.
(b) Alice Harrison's.
(c) Pooh Percy's.
(d) Cushie Percy's.

13. Whose phone calls continually wake up Garp (and Helen) in the middle of the night?
(a) Roberta's.
(b) Jenny's.
(c) Mrs. Ralph's.
(d) Ernie's.

14. How does Jenny die?
(a) She drowns.
(b) She is assassinated.
(c) One of the women at Dog's Head Harbor kills her.
(d) She dies peacefully in her sleep.

15. What time of day is it when Garp starts telling Walt a story about a dog and a cat?
(a) It's lunchtime.
(b) It's mid-morning.
(c) It's early in the morning.
(d) It's Walt's bedtime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Duncan see while looking down at the street from John Wolf's office?

2. After he sneaks over to check on Duncan, how does Garp actually enter Mrs. Ralph's house?

3. Who calls Garp in the middle of the night while his family is in Europe?

4. Who is being buried on the same day as Ernie Holm?

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

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