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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name do the locals call Carl Franklin's Hi-Hat?
(a) Carl's.
(b) The high.
(c) Frank's.
(d) The Hat.

2. What is the last name of the student named James whom Grady spies lurking around outside in Chapter 6?
(a) Marshall.
(b) Miller.
(c) Leer.
(d) Reeves.

3. It is revealed in Chapter 7 that which character is interested in particular types of Hollywood deaths?
(a) Grady.
(b) James.
(c) Crabtree.
(d) Emily.

4. Which character's dreams do Hannah and Grady discuss in Chapter 14?
(a) Walter.
(b) Emily.
(c) Crabtree.
(d) James.

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

6. Who owned the McClelland Hotel where Albert Vetch lived?
(a) Vetch's aunt.
(b) Grady's sister.
(c) Grady's grandmother.
(d) The mayor.

7. On what part of the body does Doctor Dee attack someone in Chapter 8?
(a) The ankle.
(b) The neck.
(c) The knee.
(d) The torso.

8. What is the title of the film discussed by three characters in Chapter 13?
(a) Citizen Kane.
(b) Catch-22.
(c) The Godfather.
(d) They Shoot Horses, Don't They?.

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

10. Grady sees Hannah dancing with which character at Carl Franklin's Hi-Hat in Chapter 12?
(a) Emily.
(b) Q.
(c) Crabtree.
(d) James.

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

12. In Chapter 3, Grady is driving the car while which character sits in the backseat with Crabtree?
(a) Walter.
(b) Miss Sloviak.
(c) Sara.
(d) Emily.

13. When Emily does not emerge from the advertising agency, what happens next?
(a) Grady goes in to get Emily.
(b) Walter goes in to get Emily.
(c) Crabtree calls Emily on her cell phone.
(d) Grady admits that Emily had left their marriage that morning.

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

15. Who shoots and kills Doctor Dee in Chapter 8?
(a) Sara.
(b) James.
(c) Grady.
(d) Walter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Grady when he found Albert Vetch dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound?

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

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

4. In Chapter 12, Crabtree insists on reviewing the manuscript of whose latest novel?

5. In Chapter 5, Grady goes to Sara's house and she informs him of what fact?

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