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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. What was the source of the sounds that used to emerge from Albert Vetch's room at the hotel?
(a) A fan.
(b) A stereo.
(c) A blowtorch.
(d) A rocking chair.

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

3. What is the name of the annual event co-planned by Grady, along with others?
(a) SpeakFest.
(b) Wordapalooza.
(c) Speakapalooza.
(d) WordFest.

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

5. How did Grady first meet Hannah?
(a) He got her name from Crabtree.
(b) He saw her at the bowling alley.
(c) She delivered his mail.
(d) She took a class with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first character to ever suggest that Crabtree may one day be Grady's literary editor?

2. What is the title of the film discussed by three characters in Chapter 13?

3. Grady sees Hannah dancing with which character at Carl Franklin's Hi-Hat in Chapter 12?

4. In Chapter 11, it is revealed that Grady's father worked in what position?

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

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. Who is Q?

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

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

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

6. How does Doctor Dee end up dead by the end of Chapter 8?

7. Characterize Grady's relationship with Crabtree.

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

9. What does Grady do with Doctor Dee's body after it is determined that the dog is dead?

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

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