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

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

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

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

5. Grady discovers in Chapter 14 that James has stolen a jacket that formerly belonged to whom?
(a) Cher.
(b) Liberace.
(c) Marilyn Monroe.
(d) Joe DiMaggio.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Grady finds by the end of Chapter 10 that he does not have the heart to tell which character about Doctor Dee's death?

3. Who takes a weapon away from James in Chapter 9?

4. On which street does Grady live in a house originally built in 1915?

5. How did Grady first meet Hannah?

Short Essay Questions

1. Characterize Grady's relationship with Crabtree.

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

3. What major news does Sara reveal to Grady in Chapter 5?

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

5. How does Grady feel about Hannah and how does act on these feelings?

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

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

8. For how long has Grady been working on the novel Wonder Boys by the time the novel opens in Chapter 1?

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

10. What is the symbolism of the lock on Walter's closet door?

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