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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Grady goes to Sara's house and she informs him of what fact?
(a) She is being stalked.
(b) She wants to leave her husband.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is getting divorced.

2. When Grady leaves the lecture hall featured in Chapter 10, he runs into which character?
(a) Walter.
(b) Sara.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Crabtree.

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

4. It is revealed in Chapter 4 that Grady is having an affair with which character?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Emily.
(c) Crabtree.
(d) Sara.

5. What kind of pet do the Gaskells own?
(a) A dog.
(b) A fish.
(c) A bird.
(d) A cat.

6. By what letter of the alphabet does Grady refer to the guest speaker featured in Chapter 10?
(a) M.
(b) Q.
(c) L.
(d) W.

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

8. In what setting does Chapter 10 take place?
(a) Arntzen Hall.
(b) Thaw Hall.
(c) Fraser Hall.
(d) Thorne Hall.

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

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

11. How many years before narrative present did Grady and Emily begin their courtship?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

13. In whose suitcase does Grady find alcohol and pills in Chapter 9?
(a) James's.
(b) Crabtree's.
(c) Emily's.
(d) Sara's.

14. In Chapter 7, it is revealed that Hannah lives in a rented room in whose home?
(a) Sara's.
(b) Crabtree's.
(c) Grady's.
(d) Emily's.

15. What instruction does Grady give to James at the end of Chapter 6?
(a) He tells him to come inside.
(b) He tells him to go home.
(c) He tells him to call the police.
(d) He tells him to lie down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which object in an award-winning film is discussed by three characters in Chapter 13?

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

3. The brothers featured at the center of the novel Wonder Boys reside in which state?

4. Grady relates to the guest speaker's ideas about what types of figures?

5. What position does Walter Gaskell hold at the college where Grady teaches?

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