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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. Wonder Boys is a novel about how many brothers in one family?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

4. Grady discovers the jacket James stole inside of a bag containing what other item?
(a) A bottle of vodka.
(b) A gun.
(c) A novel manuscript.
(d) A bottle of pills.

5. On what part of the body does Doctor Dee attack someone in Chapter 8?
(a) The knee.
(b) The torso.
(c) The ankle.
(d) The neck.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, it is revealed that Hannah lives in a rented room in whose home?

2. Which character is attacked by Doctor Dee in Chapter 8?

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

4. What type of event is at the center of Chapter 6?

5. In what year of college was Grady enrolled when his grandmother died of pneumonia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Though Grady cannot remember the night of his father's suicide, he remembers what other event vividly from around that time?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Characterize Grady's relationship with Crabtree.

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

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