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

2. On which street does Grady live in a house originally built in 1915?
(a) Randall.
(b) Madrona.
(c) Elm.
(d) Denniston.

3. What position does Walter Gaskell hold at the college where Grady teaches?
(a) English department head.
(b) Dean.
(c) President.
(d) Environmental science department head.

4. What does Grady name as the reason behind his inability to finish Wonder Boys?
(a) An overabundance of content.
(b) Writer's block.
(c) A lack of interest in the characters.
(d) An overabundance of style.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Grady in Chapter 11 that she thinks Crabtree is romantically attracted to James?

2. How did Grady first meet Hannah?

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

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

5. In whose suitcase does Grady find alcohol and pills in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In what way is James shown to be a bit eccentric and how does Grady interpret this quality?

6. Characterize Grady's relationship with Crabtree.

7. Who was the first "real writer" (3) Grady ever knew and what was his eventual fate?

8. What type of narrator is featured in Michael Chabon's novel Wonder Boys?

9. What is the significance of the phrase, "He's writing his name in water" (93)?

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

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