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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James tells Grady to run in Chapter 31 if he hears something that sounds like what object?
(a) A dog barking.
(b) A gun being cocked.
(c) An airplane.
(d) An elevator.

2. Which two characters have a sexual encounter in Chapter 32?
(a) Grady and Hannah.
(b) James and Hannah.
(c) Grady and James.
(d) Crabtree and James.

3. Who tells Emily that Grady has fathered a child with his mistress, Sara?
(a) Grady.
(b) Irving.
(c) Deb.
(d) Sara.

4. What instruction does Crabtree give to Grady in relation to his treatment of James?
(a) He tells him to take it easy on James.
(b) He tells him to get James a literary agent.
(c) He tells him to leave everything to James's guardians.
(d) He tells him to fail James.

5. What instruction does Emily give to Grady at the end of Chapter 27?
(a) Get out.
(b) Shut up.
(c) Marry me.
(d) Kiss me.

6. How many feet long is the boa constrictor named Grossman?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 11.

7. 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) Delirium.
(d) Emptiness.

8. The reader learns in Chapter 21 that Deb was born in which country?
(a) India.
(b) The United States.
(c) China.
(d) South Korea.

9. For how many years have the Warshaws lived in their current house?
(a) 34.
(b) 18.
(c) 5.
(d) 24.

10. Who calls Grady in Chapter 16 in order to invite him to Passover Seder?
(a) Irene.
(b) Emily.
(c) Deb.
(d) Irving.

11. The manuscript Grady reads in Chpater 27 is exactly how many pages long?
(a) 150.
(b) 400.
(c) 250.
(d) 350.

12. In what location are the Warshaws celebrating Passover Seder?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Clavel.
(c) Kinship.
(d) Pittsburgh.

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

14. In Chapter 32, James, Crabtree, and Grady go to which location after leaving the Leers' house?
(a) A hotel.
(b) Grady's house.
(c) The Gaskells' house.
(d) The Warshaws' house.

15. When Grady greets Irving in Chapter 21, he has not seen him since what month of the year?
(a) December.
(b) June.
(c) March.
(d) January.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 27, Grady reads a novel manuscript written by which character?

2. Who takes James upstairs and puts him to bed in Chapter 25?

3. With which character is James playing beer pong when Grady locates him in Chapter 23?

4. What kind of tree does Grady make remarks about early on in Chapter 20?

5. When James and Grady see a family crossing the street in front of them, James uses what term to refer to them?

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