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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Grady that Emily is outside talking to Deb?
(a) Philly.
(b) Irving.
(c) Marie.
(d) Irene.

2. What object does Grady leave in James's bed after he helps him escape from the Leers' house?
(a) A snake.
(b) A dead dog.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A stuffed animal.

3. The setting of Chapter 8 is the home of the family with which last name?
(a) Gaskell.
(b) Warfield.
(c) Johnson.
(d) McHugh.

4. Grady realizes in Chapter 26 that August Van Zorn's stories "were all, at bottom, about the horror of" (233) what?
(a) The mundane.
(b) Middle age.
(c) Emptiness.
(d) Delirium.

5. Which member of Grady's family killed the man named David Glucksbringer?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His sister.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Grady use to describe his essential nature in Chapter 5?

2. Grady says in Chapter 20, "It's always been hard for me to tell the difference between denial and what used to be known as" (177) what?

3. In Chapter 7, it is revealed that Hannah lives in a rented room in whose home?

4. Before Grady sets out to retrieve the jacket associated with Marilyn Monroe, he finds which character reading the manuscript of Wonder Boys?

5. In Chapter 19, James reveals to Grady that his father is dying of what type of cancer?

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