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

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

3. Grady recalls that he and Crabtree discovered Carl Franklin's Hi-Hat between which two of Grady's marriages?
(a) 3rd and 4th.
(b) 4th and 5th.
(c) 1st and 2nd.
(d) 2nd and 3rd.

4. In what setting does Chapter 10 take place?
(a) Fraser Hall.
(b) Arntzen Hall.
(c) Thaw Hall.
(d) Thorne Hall.

5. On which street does Grady live in a house originally built in 1915?
(a) Elm.
(b) Randall.
(c) Madrona.
(d) Denniston.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instruction does Grady give to James at the end of Chapter 6?

2. Grady left home at a young age in late June of which year?

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

4. By what letter of the alphabet does Grady refer to the guest speaker featured in Chapter 10?

5. Who owned the McClelland Hotel where Albert Vetch lived?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Grady mean when he repeatedly refers to the "midnight disease" (23) in the novel?

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

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

6. Characterize Grady's relationship with Crabtree.

7. What is the significance of the phrase, "He's writing his name in water" (93)?

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

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

10. In what way does the motif of dreams emerge within Chapter 14 and for what purpose?

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