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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. Into what location does Grady place the creature he runs over in Chapter 28?
2. On which day of the week does Chapter 16 begin?
3. In what location are the Warshaws celebrating Passover Seder?
4. Grady realizes in Chapter 26 that August Van Zorn's stories "were all, at bottom, about the horror of" (233) what?
5. How many feet long is the boa constrictor named Grossman?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Grossman?
2. How does Crabtree determine the address of James's grandparents, Amanda and Fred Leer?
3. To what type of event does Irving invite Grady in Chapter 16 and how does Grady respond?
4. How does Chabon go about depicting Irving as a man who insists on honesty?
5. In what location does Grady find James when he goes looking for him at the Warshaws' house in Chapter 23?
6. What is the symbolism of horse chestnut trees in the novel Wonder Boys?
7. In what way does the theme of appearance versus reality appear in tandem with Grady's characterization of the "midnight disease" (23)?
8. When Grady and James arrive at the Warshaws' house in Kinship, how long has it been since Grady saw Irving? What kind of care does Irving immediately provide to Grady?
9. What happened to the Warshaws' one biological child?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What messages does Chabon send about friendship in the novel Wonder Boys and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 2
What is Chabon's message regarding commitment within relationships in the novel Wonder Boys?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how the themes of truth and lies are interwoven within the novel’s narrative.
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