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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Garp feel about Ellen Jamesians?
(a) He respects them.
(b) He idolizes them.
(c) He finds them disgusting.
(d) He find them interesting and wants to learn more about them.

2. What year is it when Jenny and Garp leave the country after Garp's graduation?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1961.

3. What does Garp write to Helen about right before he and Jenny leave Vienna?
(a) He wants to come to college where she is.
(b) He never wants to hear from her again.
(c) He asks her to marry him.
(d) He tells her to move on and start dating other people.

4. What is the name of Helen and Garp's second child?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Ernie.
(c) Fat Stew.
(d) Walt.

5. What is the name of the hospital Jenny Fields first works in?
(a) General Hospital.
(b) None of these answers is correct.
(c) Boston Mercy.
(d) Boston General.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Alice give Garp about why she can't write?

2. How does Duncan get to his friend's house?

3. How old is Jenny Fields when the novel opens?

4. Why is the young Garp labeled "mischievous" by the people at Steering?

5. What object does Garp accidentally drop on Mrs. Ralph after he catches her speeding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Garp's second novel about?

2. What does Jenny's attack on the man in the movie theater show the reader about her character?

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

4. What qualities in Mrs. Ralph does Garp also see in himself?

5. What do Garp's dreams about his children foreshadow?

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

7. Why does Jenny leave Wellesley?

8. Why does Garp bond so well with Ernie Holm?

9. What part needs to be fixed on the Garps' car?

10. Why is Jenny fired from the hospital?

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