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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. Which object in an award-winning film is discussed by three characters in Chapter 13?
(a) A sled.
(b) A snowflake.
(c) A cockatoo.
(d) A rosebud.

2. The setting of Chapter 8 is the home of the family with which last name?
(a) Johnson.
(b) McHugh.
(c) Warfield.
(d) Gaskell.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Grady tells the reader that his father died by what method?

2. In what setting does Chapter 10 take place?

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

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

5. In Chapter 2, it is revealed that Grady and Crabtree first met in what location?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Characterize Grady's relationship with Crabtree.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How old was Grady when his mother died and what was the cause of her death, as revealed in Chapter 11?

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