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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the annual event co-planned by Grady, along with others?
(a) Wordapalooza.
(b) Speakapalooza.
(c) WordFest.
(d) SpeakFest.

2. In Chapter 5, Grady goes to Sara's house and she informs him of what fact?
(a) She wants to leave her husband.
(b) She is being stalked.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She is getting divorced.

3. When Chapter 3 begins, Grady is waiting for Emily to emerge from an advertising agency. Who is Emily?
(a) Grady's fourth wife.
(b) Grady's first wife.
(c) Grady's third wife.
(d) Grady's second wife.

4. In Chapter 3, Grady is driving the car while which character sits in the backseat with Crabtree?
(a) Sara.
(b) Emily.
(c) Miss Sloviak.
(d) Walter.

5. Which character is attacked by Doctor Dee in Chapter 8?
(a) Walter.
(b) Sara.
(c) Crabtree.
(d) Grady.

6. Grady discovers in Chapter 14 that James has stolen a jacket that formerly belonged to whom?
(a) Joe DiMaggio.
(b) Marilyn Monroe.
(c) Liberace.
(d) Cher.

7. In Chapter 7, it is revealed that Hannah lives in a rented room in whose home?
(a) Crabtree's.
(b) Grady's.
(c) Sara's.
(d) Emily's.

8. Grady sees Hannah dancing with which character at Carl Franklin's Hi-Hat in Chapter 12?
(a) Emily.
(b) James.
(c) Crabtree.
(d) Q.

9. Grady finds by the end of Chapter 10 that he does not have the heart to tell which character about Doctor Dee's death?
(a) James.
(b) Emily.
(c) Crabtree.
(d) Sara.

10. Grady's mother is revealed in Chapter 11 to have died by what method?
(a) Illness.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Homicide.
(d) Accident.

11. At the time when Grady left his grandmother's home, they lived in the western part of which state?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Connecticut.

12. What term does Grady apply to Albert Vetch early in Chapter 1?
(a) A real tightwad.
(b) A real hero.
(c) A real writer.
(d) A real pal.

13. If and when Grady completes and publishes Wonder Boys, it will be which novel?
(a) His 4th.
(b) His 8th.
(c) His 3rd.
(d) His 2nd.

14. Which of the following characters is NOT involved in the Chapter 13 conversation about the meaning of particular object featured in an award-winning film?
(a) Q.
(b) Crabtree.
(c) James.
(d) Sara.

15. The brothers featured at the center of the novel Wonder Boys reside in which state?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Utah.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grady name as the reason behind his inability to finish Wonder Boys?

2. On what part of the body does Doctor Dee attack someone in Chapter 8?

3. Wonder Boys is a novel about how many brothers in one family?

4. Who shoots and kills Doctor Dee in Chapter 8?

5. What type of event is at the center of Chapter 6?

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