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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Grady first meet Hannah?
(a) He saw her at the bowling alley.
(b) She delivered his mail.
(c) He got her name from Crabtree.
(d) She took a class with him.

2. What position does Walter Gaskell hold at the college where Grady teaches?
(a) Dean.
(b) President.
(c) English department head.
(d) Environmental science department head.

3. What was the source of the sounds that used to emerge from Albert Vetch's room at the hotel?
(a) A fan.
(b) A stereo.
(c) A rocking chair.
(d) A blowtorch.

4. 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 second wife.
(c) Grady's third wife.
(d) Grady's first wife.

5. What type of event is at the center of Chapter 6?
(a) A bar mitzvah.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grady name as the reason behind his inability to finish Wonder Boys?

2. It is revealed in Chapter 7 that which character is interested in particular types of Hollywood deaths?

3. What instruction does Grady give to James at the end of Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 3, Grady is driving the car while which character sits in the backseat with Crabtree?

5. When Emily does not emerge from the advertising agency, what happens next?

(see the answer key)

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