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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 family's home is the setting of Chapter 20?
(a) The Warshaws.
(b) The Greens.
(c) The Leers.
(d) The Crabtrees.

2. What sound alerts Grady to Crabtree's presence in his house in Chapter 16?
(a) Coughing.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Weeping.
(d) Snoring.

3. In what way are Deb and Emily related to one another?
(a) Sisters.
(b) Sisters-in-law.
(c) Aunt and niece.
(d) Mother and daughter.

4. In Chapter 17, Grady dons what type of piece of clothing?
(a) A fisherman's vest.
(b) A pair of overalls.
(c) A pair of waders.
(d) A sweater.

5. When James and Grady see a family crossing the street in front of them, James uses what term to refer to them?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Androids.
(c) Replicants.
(d) Breeders.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Emily react to the news that Grady is expecting a child with Sara?

2. In what manner did Emily's only biological sibling die?

3. Which character does Grady encounter when he arrives at the Gaskells' house in Chapter 18?

4. In Chapter 28, as Grady is driving away from the Warshaws' house, he runs over what type of creature?

5. To which member of the Warshaw family does Grady confess that his mistress is pregnant?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what action is Grady referring in Chapter 29 when he states, "I had decided to try something reckless, senseless, and stupid" (255)?

2. What happened to the Warshaws' one biological child?

3. In what way do the themes of guilt and responsibility appear within Chapter 27?

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

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

6. What item does Grady stop to buy for Emily in Chapter 17 and what happens to the item in Chapter 19?

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

8. How does Crabtree determine the address of James's grandparents, Amanda and Fred Leer?

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

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

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