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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summer to Opening Day: Chapters 29-38 and Epilogue, 215-288.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week is Eileen said to have left her family "before [they] were awake" (184)?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

2. Which character meets Evvie in the parking lot on the day of the tree-planting ceremony celebrating Tim's life?
(a) Dean.
(b) Andy.
(c) Monica.
(d) Frank.

3. Dean laments that he has "only done one thing seriously since" (54) he was what age?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

4. The baseball glove that Dean gives to Evvie in Spring: Chapter 21 is black and what other color?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Pink.
(d) Red.

5. Evvie recalls that just a few days after she had packed the car to leave Tim, he had referred to her career as a transcriber with what other term?
(a) Housewife.
(b) Scribbler.
(c) Typist.
(d) Student.

Short Answer Questions

1. Evvie takes extreme exception to her father's sentiment during the Thanksgiving blessing that he is prouder of her for what feat than he is of any one of her other accomplishments?

2. How many hours' drive each way is the trip to pick up Dean's new pinball machine?

3. When Dean whispers into Evvie's ear during her baseball lesson, Evvie takes what action?

4. The woman who knocks on Evvie's door at the beginning of Chapter 8, Ellen Boyd, has a job in what field?

5. What reason does Evvie provide when she tells her mother Eileen in Summer to Opening Day: Chapter 34 that she will not be meeting up with her in Portland?

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