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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, it is revealed that Grady and Crabtree first met in what location?
(a) College.
(b) The workplace.
(c) The supermarket.
(d) Elementary school.

2. Grady tells the reader in Chapter 2 that after he left home at a young age, he did not return for how many years?
(a) 20.
(b) 25.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

3. What term does Grady use when he refers to the malady that had afflicted Albert Vetch?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Midnight disease.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Anxiety.

4. What name do the locals call Carl Franklin's Hi-Hat?
(a) The Hat.
(b) Frank's.
(c) The high.
(d) Carl's.

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

6. How old was Grady when he found Albert Vetch dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound?
(a) 21.
(b) 11.
(c) 30.
(d) 14.

7. When Grady enters his home in Chapter 15, he opens the closet and inhales a scent associated with which character?
(a) Crabtree.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Sara.
(d) Emily.

8. For how many years has Grady been friends with Crabtree?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

9. In what genre did Albert Vetch create short stories throughout his life?
(a) Horror.
(b) Romance.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Science fiction.

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

11. 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?
(a) Crabtree.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Antonia.
(d) Sara.

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

13. Who shoots and kills Doctor Dee in Chapter 8?
(a) Sara.
(b) James.
(c) Walter.
(d) Grady.

14. What kind of pet do the Gaskells own?
(a) A cat.
(b) A bird.
(c) A dog.
(d) A fish.

15. Who owned the McClelland Hotel where Albert Vetch lived?
(a) The mayor.
(b) Vetch's aunt.
(c) Grady's sister.
(d) Grady's grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who warns Crabtree not to get personally involved with James?

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

3. In whose suitcase does Grady find alcohol and pills in Chapter 9?

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

5. Grady tells the reader that his father died by what method?

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