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

2. Grady recalls that he and Crabtree discovered Carl Franklin's Hi-Hat between which two of Grady's marriages?
(a) 3rd and 4th.
(b) 2nd and 3rd.
(c) 1st and 2nd.
(d) 4th and 5th.

3. In what genre did Albert Vetch create short stories throughout his life?
(a) Mystery.
(b) Romance.
(c) Horror.
(d) Science fiction.

4. Grady relates to the guest speaker's ideas about what types of figures?
(a) Doppelgangers.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Icons.
(d) Deities.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Grady's mother is revealed in Chapter 11 to have died by what method?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Q?

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

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

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

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

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