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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 9, Grady drives James to a parking spot near what location?
(a) A movie theater.
(b) A mall.
(c) A lecture hall.
(d) A library.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters is NOT involved in the Chapter 13 conversation about the meaning of particular object featured in an award-winning film?

2. What was the source of the sounds that used to emerge from Albert Vetch's room at the hotel?

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

4. Who shoots and kills Doctor Dee in Chapter 8?

5. It is revealed in Chapter 4 that Grady is having an affair with which character?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the date January 14, 1954 featured in Chapter 8?

2. How do Q's ideas included in his lecture in Chapter 10 echo those in Grady's philosophy about the "midnight disease" (23)?

3. Who is Q?

4. In what way does the motif of dreams emerge within Chapter 14 and for what purpose?

5. What does Grady mean when he repeatedly refers to the "midnight disease" (23) in the novel?

6. How does Grady react, inwardly and outwardly, to the news Sara delivers in Chapter 5?

7. In what way does the motif of dreams emerge in Chapter 3 and for what purpose does Chabon utilize the motif?

8. What were the circumstances of Grady's parents' deaths?

9. What does Grady do with Doctor Dee's body after it is determined that the dog is dead?

10. For what reason is Grady still in shock that Sara ever became involved with him?

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