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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owned the McClelland Hotel where Albert Vetch lived?
(a) The mayor.
(b) Vetch's aunt.
(c) Grady's sister.
(d) Grady's grandmother.

2. When Chapter 3 begins, Grady is waiting for Emily to emerge from an advertising agency. Who is Emily?
(a) Grady's fourth wife.
(b) Grady's third wife.
(c) Grady's second wife.
(d) Grady's first wife.

3. Wonder Boys is a novel about how many brothers in one family?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. Grady tells the reader that his father died by what method?
(a) Homicide.
(b) Illness.
(c) Accident.
(d) Suicide.

5. What does Grady name as the reason behind his inability to finish Wonder Boys?
(a) An overabundance of content.
(b) A lack of interest in the characters.
(c) Writer's block.
(d) An overabundance of style.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grady left home at a young age in late June of which year?

2. What is the last name of the student named James whom Grady spies lurking around outside in Chapter 6?

3. Where does Grady put Doctor Dee at the end of Chapter 8?

4. Which character's dreams do Hannah and Grady discuss in Chapter 14?

5. In what city is Carl Franklin's Hi-Hat located?

(see the answer key)

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