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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

2. Who warns Crabtree not to get personally involved with James?
(a) Tony.
(b) Grady.
(c) Hannah.
(d) Q.

3. What is the name of the publishing house waiting for Grady to finish writing his latest novel?
(a) Bartizan.
(b) Medusa.
(c) Papillon.
(d) Barbazon.

4. What type of event is at the center of Chapter 6?
(a) A funeral.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A bar mitzvah.
(d) A party.

5. When Grady enters his home in Chapter 15, he opens the closet and inhales a scent associated with which character?
(a) Emily.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Sara.
(d) Crabtree.

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. Who was the first character to ever suggest that Crabtree may one day be Grady's literary editor?
(a) The professor.
(b) Crabtree.
(c) Grady's grandmother.
(d) Grady.

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

13. In Chapter 11, it is revealed that Grady's father worked in what position?
(a) Firefighter.
(b) Police officer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Chef.

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

15. What term does Grady apply to Albert Vetch early in Chapter 1?
(a) A real hero.
(b) A real tightwad.
(c) A real writer.
(d) A real pal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Grady left home at a young age in late June of which year?

2. Grady tells the reader that his father died by what method?

3. Grady discovers the jacket James stole inside of a bag containing what other item?

4. In what genre did Albert Vetch create short stories throughout his life?

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

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