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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 two characters have a sexual encounter in Chapter 32?
(a) Grady and James.
(b) Crabtree and James.
(c) James and Hannah.
(d) Grady and Hannah.

2. How many feet long is the boa constrictor named Grossman?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

3. Grady states in Chapter 32 that he was still working on Wonder Boys at what time of the morning when the police came to take James away?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 9.
(d) 11.

4. When it is time for dinner in Chapter 24, Emily seats herself next to which character?
(a) Irving.
(b) Grady.
(c) Deb.
(d) Irene.

5. In Chapter 28, as Grady is driving away from the Warshaws' house, he runs over what type of creature?
(a) A snake.
(b) A coyote.
(c) A cat.
(d) A bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 24 states that in the town where Grady grew up, how many of its citizens were Jews?

2. What object does James have on his lap throughout the car ride featured in Chapter 17?

3. When James and Grady see a family crossing the street in front of them, James uses what term to refer to them?

4. Who tends to the infected dog bite on Grady's ankle in Chapter 21?

5. How many living siblings in total does Emily have?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what type of event does Irving invite Grady in Chapter 16 and how does Grady respond?

2. How does Chabon go about depicting Irving as a man who insists on honesty?

3. Over the course of their relationship, how many fights have Emily and Grady had and what is the significance of this number?

4. How does Chabon create suspense at the end of Chapter 33 and for what purpose does he create it?

5. What request does Deb make of Grady in Chapter 22 and why?

6. For what length of time have Emily and Grady been together when the narrative begins and what evolution did their plan for a family undergo?

7. What shocking piece of information does Grady reveal about his late father in Chapter 24?

8. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality appear in tandem with Grady's characterization of the "midnight disease" (23)?

9. Describe an instance when Chabon uses Grady's actions to demonstrate a character trait of Crabtree's.

10. In what way does the theme of hope emerge within Chapter 20?

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