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What's Eating Gilbert Grape | 25 Question Movie Multiple Choice Quiz

This quiz is on one of my all time favorite movies, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape". If you've seen it a few times you'll probably do okay. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by kam23. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
kam23

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
90,257

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
20 / 25

Plays
5081

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (23/25), Guest 45 (23/25), Guest 2 (24/25).

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Question 1 of 25

1. Who plays Gilbert Grape? Hint

Rob Lowe

Johnny Depp

Anthony Michael Hall

Leonardo DiCaprio

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Question 2 of 25

2. Who plays Gilbert's younger brother Arnie? Hint

Anthony Michael Hall

Johnny Depp

Leonardo DiCaprio

Rob Lowe

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Question 3 of 25

3. Why is Becky stuck in Gilbert's town? Hint

Gilbert won't let her go

She can't find enough money to leave

Her camper broke down

Her grandmother's sick and she can't leave her

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Question 4 of 25

4. What do Gilbert and Arnie wait for at the beginning of the movie? Hint

The mail truck

The ice cream truck

The campers

The pizza delivery boy

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Question 5 of 25

5. Who wrote the novel that the movie is based on? Hint

Stephen King

John Irving

Peter Hedges

James Patterson

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Question 6 of 25

6. What town does Gilbert live in? Hint

Sherkston

Orangeville

Endora

Oakville

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Question 7 of 25

7. What did Arnie crush in the mailbox that made him cry "I killed him Gilbert!"? Hint

A beetle

A spider

A ladybug

A grasshopper

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Question 8 of 25

8. Where does Gilbert's little sister Ellen work? Hint

Burger King

The Burger Barn

Dairy Dreme

MacDonalds

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Question 9 of 25

9. What is the name of Gilbert's older sister? Hint

Becky

Sandra

Annie

Amy

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Question 10 of 25

10. What is the name of the store that is putting Lamson's Grocery out of business? Hint

Foodland

Foodmart

Pricemart

Cosco

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Question 11 of 25

11. How did Gilbert's father die? Hint

He shot himself

He hung himself

He took sleeping pills

He jumped off of the water tower

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Question 12 of 25

12. What is the name of the housewife Gilbert has an affair with before meeting Becky? Hint

Mrs. Robinson

Mrs. Gable

Mrs. Kelley

Mrs. Carver

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Question 13 of 25

13. What did Gilbert go to Foodland to buy? Hint

Hot dogs

Fresh fish

A birthday cake

Corn

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Question 14 of 25

14. What age is Arnie about to turn? Hint

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Question 15 of 25

15. What is the name of Gilbert's brother who "got away"? Hint

Arnie

Andy

William

Larry

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Question 16 of 25

16. Who plays Momma (Bonnie) Grape? Hint

Roseanne Barr

Rosie O'Donnell

Kathy Bates

Darlene Cates

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Question 17 of 25

17. What is Momma's disability? Hint

She's deaf

She has no legs

She is overweight

She's blind

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Question 18 of 25

18. How did Mrs. Carver's husband die? Hint

He drowned in a kiddie pool

He fell trying to fix the roof

Mrs. Carver shot him

Gilbert killed him

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Question 19 of 25

19. Why did Momma finally get off the couch to go into town? Hint

To visit her husband's grave

To get Arnie from the police station

To bring Gilbert back home

To get Arnie out of the tree

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Question 20 of 25

20. Who plays the part of the girl Gilbert falls in love with, Becky? Hint

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Winona Ryder

Claire Danes

Juliette Lewis

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Question 21 of 25

21. What needed to be replaced in the house that the kids wanted to keep secret from Momma? Hint

The roof tiles

The couch

The stove

The floorboards

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Question 22 of 25

22. What does Momma call Arnie? Hint

Baby boy

Arnold

Precious

Sunshine

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Question 23 of 25

23. Why won't Gilbert go into the basement? Hint

His father died there

It smells bad

It has bats

He thinks it might cave in

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Question 24 of 25

24. What do Gilbert and his sisters do after Momma dies? Hint

Run away

Have a private funeral

Burn the house down with her in it

Bury her in the backyard

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Question 25 of 25

25. Who directed this movie? Hint

Rob Reiner

Stanley Kubrick

Barry Levinson

Lasse Hallstrom

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who plays Gilbert Grape?

Answer: Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp, my all-time favorite actor, also appeared in movies such as "Edward Scissorhands", "Crybaby", and "Sleepy Hollow".

2. Who plays Gilbert's younger brother Arnie?

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio

Leo was also in movies like "The Beach" and "Titanic" but this is in my opinion his greatest performance.

3. Why is Becky stuck in Gilbert's town?

Answer: Her camper broke down

Becky and her Grandmother needed a new part for their camper and couldn't leave until they got it. I guess it ended up being good news for Gilbert!

4. What do Gilbert and Arnie wait for at the beginning of the movie?

Answer: The campers

It's their yearly ritual. "They're doing the right thing, just passing through."-Gilbert

5. Who wrote the novel that the movie is based on?

Answer: Peter Hedges

Peter Hedges has been compared to John Updike.

6. What town does Gilbert live in?

Answer: Endora

"Describing Endora is like dancing to no music." Gilbert said this while...well describing Endora.

7. What did Arnie crush in the mailbox that made him cry "I killed him Gilbert!"?

Answer: A grasshopper

He was playing with a grasshopper and crushed it in the mailbox laughing until he saw it was dead.

8. Where does Gilbert's little sister Ellen work?

Answer: Dairy Dreme

Ellen was Gilbert's younger sister who just got her braces off and couldn't stop staring at her teeth. The Dairy Dreme was one of the few places to eat that was shown in the movie before the Burger Barn came along.

9. What is the name of Gilbert's older sister?

Answer: Amy

Amy is Gilbert's older sister who is more like a mother.

10. What is the name of the store that is putting Lamson's Grocery out of business?

Answer: Foodland

Gilbert vowed never to go into Foodland.

11. How did Gilbert's father die?

Answer: He hung himself

He hung himself in the basement.

12. What is the name of the housewife Gilbert has an affair with before meeting Becky?

Answer: Mrs. Carver

Mary Steenburgen plays the part of Mrs. Carver.

13. What did Gilbert go to Foodland to buy?

Answer: A birthday cake

Arnie ran into Amy when she was carrying his birthday cake and they needed a new one.

14. What age is Arnie about to turn?

Answer: 18

"Im gonna have a party and you're not invited!"-Arnie "It's ok he's just being honest"-Becky

15. What is the name of Gilbert's brother who "got away"?

Answer: Larry

His older brother Larry was never in the movie, all you see of him is his graduation picture on the fridge.

16. Who plays Momma (Bonnie) Grape?

Answer: Darlene Cates

I've never seen her in any movies besides this one, if anyone knows of one message me.

17. What is Momma's disability?

Answer: She is overweight

Darlene Cates plays Gilbert's severly overweight mother who was once the prettiest girl in town.

18. How did Mrs. Carver's husband die?

Answer: He drowned in a kiddie pool

Mr. Carver "supposedly" had a heart attack and drowned in the kiddie pool he bought for his sons.

19. Why did Momma finally get off the couch to go into town?

Answer: To get Arnie from the police station

Arnie was pulled into the police station for climbing the water tower once again!

20. Who plays the part of the girl Gilbert falls in love with, Becky?

Answer: Juliette Lewis

She can also be seen in "The Other Sister", another great movie.

21. What needed to be replaced in the house that the kids wanted to keep secret from Momma?

Answer: The floorboards

The floorboards were breaking and they had to figure out a way to fix them without letting Momma know.

22. What does Momma call Arnie?

Answer: Sunshine

"Where's my sunshine? Has anyone seen my sunshine?"

23. Why won't Gilbert go into the basement?

Answer: His father died there

His father killed himself in the basement, we know this because Arnie yelled "Dad's down there!"

24. What do Gilbert and his sisters do after Momma dies?

Answer: Burn the house down with her in it

They burn the house down when shes lying dead in bed because they don't want everyone around when they take her out like some kind of freak show.

25. Who directed this movie?

Answer: Lasse Hallstrom

He also directed "Chocolat", "The Cider House Rules", "The Shipping News" and "Something to Talk About".

Source: Author kam23

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