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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. How did Grady first meet Hannah?

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

3. It is revealed in Chapter 7 that which character is interested in particular types of Hollywood deaths?

4. What is the last name of the student named James whom Grady spies lurking around outside in Chapter 6?

5. After a brief conflict in the parking lot at Carl Franklin's Hi-Hat, Grady goes back in and is invited to dance by which character?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Grady feel about Hannah and how does act on these feelings?

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

4. What type of narrator is featured in Michael Chabon's novel Wonder Boys?

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

6. What were the circumstances of Grady's parents' deaths?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sensory details are used frequently by Chabon in order to create vivid pictures of the places depicted over the course of the novel Wonder Boys. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used set a particular mood for each of the three scenes.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Determine Chabon’s message regarding the relationship between comedy and tragedy, as depicted in the novel Wonder Boys.

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