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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what type of Hollywood deaths is one particular character interested throughout the narrative?
(a) Drownings.
(b) Suicides.
(c) Murders.
(d) Overdoses.

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

3. Grady left home at a young age in late June of which year?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1984.

4. What method does Grady habitually utilize when he writes a novel?
(a) A desktop computer.
(b) A pen and paper.
(c) A laptop.
(d) A typewriter.

5. What was the source of the sounds that used to emerge from Albert Vetch's room at the hotel?
(a) A stereo.
(b) A fan.
(c) A blowtorch.
(d) A rocking chair.

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

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

8. Grady's mother is revealed in Chapter 11 to have died by what method?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Homicide.
(c) Accident.
(d) Illness.

9. Grady relates to the guest speaker's ideas about what types of figures?
(a) Doppelgangers.
(b) Icons.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Deities.

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

11. In Chapter 15, it is revealed that Grady's house lies what distance away from the campus where he teaches?
(a) 3/4 of a mile.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 1 and 7/10 of a mile.
(d) 1/2 a mile.

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

13. Wonder Boys is a novel about how many brothers in one family?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of the student named James whom Grady spies lurking around outside in Chapter 6?

2. Which character is attacked by Doctor Dee in Chapter 8?

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

4. In Chapter 3, Grady is driving the car while which character sits in the backseat with Crabtree?

5. For how many years has Grady been friends with Crabtree?

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