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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Grady tells the reader in Chapter 2 that after he left home at a young age, he did not return for how many years?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 25.

3. In what year of college was Grady enrolled when his grandmother died of pneumonia?
(a) Freshman.
(b) Sophomore.
(c) Junior.
(d) Senior.

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

5. In what genre did Albert Vetch create short stories throughout his life?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Horror.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Romance.

Short Answer Questions

1. If and when Grady completes and publishes Wonder Boys, it will be which novel?

2. What is the name of the annual event co-planned by Grady, along with others?

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

4. What method does Grady habitually utilize when he writes a novel?

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

(see the answer key)

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