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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. It is revealed in Chapter 7 that which character is interested in particular types of Hollywood deaths?
2. The setting of Chapter 8 is the home of the family with which last name?
3. Who was the first character to ever suggest that Crabtree may one day be Grady's literary editor?
4. In what year of college was Grady enrolled when his grandmother died of pneumonia?
5. In Chapter 2, it is revealed that Grady and Crabtree first met in what location?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Grady feel about Hannah and how does act on these feelings?
2. In what way does the motif of dreams emerge within Chapter 14 and for what purpose?
3. Who is Q?
4. How does Grady react, inwardly and outwardly, to the news Sara delivers in Chapter 5?
5. For how long has Grady been working on the novel Wonder Boys by the time the novel opens in Chapter 1?
6. What does Grady see as the main difficulty he is having with completing his fourth novel Wonder Boys?
7. How does Doctor Dee end up dead by the end of Chapter 8?
8. Characterize Grady's relationship with Crabtree.
9. What major news does Sara reveal to Grady in Chapter 5?
10. Though Grady cannot remember the night of his father's suicide, he remembers what other event vividly from around that time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Chabon's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Wonder Boys.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the many instances of irony within the narrative of Wonder Boys, and analyze Chabon’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Chabon’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Wonder Boys.
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