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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The brothers featured at the center of the novel Wonder Boys reside in which state?
(a) Utah.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Ohio.

2. What was the topic of the first college class Crabtree and Grady ever took together?
(a) The novel.
(b) The short story.
(c) The memoir.
(d) The poem.

3. If and when Grady completes and publishes Wonder Boys, it will be which novel?
(a) His 2nd.
(b) His 3rd.
(c) His 4th.
(d) His 8th.

4. At the time when Grady left his grandmother's home, they lived in the western part of which state?
(a) Delaware.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Pennsylvania.

5. What term does Grady use when he refers to the malady that had afflicted Albert Vetch?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Midnight disease.
(d) Insomnia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what type of Hollywood deaths is one particular character interested throughout the narrative?

3. What is the name of the publishing house waiting for Grady to finish writing his latest novel?

4. Grady tells the reader in Chapter 2 that after he left home at a young age, he did not return for how many years?

5. When Grady sees James lurking around outside in Chapter 6, James is holding what object in his hand?

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