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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After he sneaks over to check on Duncan, how does Garp actually enter Mrs. Ralph's house?
(a) Through the basement.
(b) Through the window he is peeking through.
(c) By climbing a ladder up to the second floor balcony.
(d) Through the door.

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

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

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

5. Where does Garp take his sons when he learns of Helen's affair?
(a) To their grandmother's.
(b) Back to daycare.
(c) To the movies.
(d) To visit Roberta.

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

7. Who does Garp leave in charge of Dog's Head Harbor?
(a) Helen.
(b) John Wolf.
(c) Roberta.
(d) Cushie Percy.

8. What happens to Duncan as a result of the car accident in his driveway?
(a) He loses his right eye.
(b) He loses his right arm.
(c) He never speaks again.
(d) He goes blind.

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

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

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

12. During her affair with a student, where do Helen's bruises come from?
(a) Playing with her kids.
(b) Her new aerobics class.
(c) Michael Milton.
(d) Her husband.

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

14. Who is Margie Tallworth?
(a) Someone who sees Michael and Helen together in a car.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) A student of Helen's.
(d) Michael Milton's ex-girlfriend.

15. How does Garp feel about what happens to Duncan in his dream?
(a) Angry.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Confused.
(d) Nothing--which makes Garp sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to Mr. Bensenhaver's wife?

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

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

4. Whose phone calls continually wake up Garp (and Helen) in the middle of the night?

5. What medical aid does Jenny take Duncan to get?

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