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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which character's dreams do Hannah and Grady discuss in Chapter 14?
(a) James.
(b) Walter.
(c) Crabtree.
(d) Emily.

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

4. On what part of the body does Doctor Dee attack someone in Chapter 8?
(a) The knee.
(b) The torso.
(c) The ankle.
(d) The neck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes a weapon away from James in Chapter 9?

2. What is the name of the annual event co-planned by Grady, along with others?

3. What is the title of the film discussed by three characters in Chapter 13?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the date January 14, 1954 featured in Chapter 8?

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

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

4. For how long has Grady been working on the novel Wonder Boys by the time the novel opens in Chapter 1?

5. In what way does the motif of dreams emerge in Chapter 3 and for what purpose does Chabon utilize the motif?

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

7. Characterize Grady's relationship with Crabtree.

8. What major news does Sara reveal to Grady in Chapter 5?

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

10. Who is Q?

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