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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 2, it is revealed that Grady and Crabtree first met in what location?
(a) The workplace.
(b) College.
(c) Elementary school.
(d) The supermarket.

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

3. What term does Grady use to describe his essential nature in Chapter 5?
(a) Liar.
(b) Pleaser.
(c) Boss.
(d) Adulterer.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Grady apply to Albert Vetch early in Chapter 1?

2. Grady recalls that he and Crabtree discovered Carl Franklin's Hi-Hat between which two of Grady's marriages?

3. What name do the locals call Carl Franklin's Hi-Hat?

4. In Chapter 15, it is revealed that Grady's house lies what distance away from the campus where he teaches?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Q?

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

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

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

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

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

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