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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 spend his time when he first arrives in Vienna?
(a) Exploring all the city has to offer.
(b) Staying in the hotel writing.
(c) Going out on the club scene.
(d) Writing in the library.

2. What characteristics is Mr. Tinch best known for?
(a) Bad skin and a lisp.
(b) Bad hair and a bowtie.
(c) Bad clothes and a limp.
(d) Bad breath and a stutter.

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

4. What is the name of Garp's second book?
(a) Alith.
(b) Helen and Garp: A Love Story.
(c) The World According to My Mother.
(d) Second Wind of the Cuckold.

5. Where does Jenny go after being fired from the hospital?
(a) To New York City.
(b) To South America.
(c) To a women's shelter.
(d) To her parents' estate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Garp loose his virginity?

2. When the novel begins, what year is it?

3. How do Ellen Jamesians communicate?

4. Where do Garp and Charlotte most frequently meet for their conversations?

5. Who is involved in Garp's rescue from the Steering gutter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jenny transferred out of the obstetrics ward?

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

3. What is the ultimate goal behind Garp writing his first short story?

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

5. Why is Jenny fired from the hospital?

6. Who is Donald Whitcomb?

7. Why does Jenny try to keep Helen and Garp apart?

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

9. How does Garp feel about his mother's gift of money so he can get a prostitute?

10. How does John Wolf respond to Jenny's book?

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