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

2. 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?
(a) Q.
(b) Crabtree.
(c) Sara.
(d) James.

3. Grady finds by the end of Chapter 10 that he does not have the heart to tell which character about Doctor Dee's death?
(a) James.
(b) Emily.
(c) Crabtree.
(d) Sara.

4. In what city is Carl Franklin's Hi-Hat located?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) New York.

5. What is the name of the publishing house waiting for Grady to finish writing his latest novel?
(a) Medusa.
(b) Barbazon.
(c) Bartizan.
(d) Papillon.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Wonder Boys is a novel about how many brothers in one family?

4. Grady relates to the guest speaker's ideas about what types of figures?

5. Who warns Crabtree not to get personally involved with James?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Grady see as the main difficulty he is having with completing his fourth novel Wonder Boys?

3. What two roles does Walter play in Grady's life and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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