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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. Which baseball player is said to have undergone the same affliction that "had happened to Dean" (55)?
(a) Nolan Ryan.
(b) Bob Gibson.
(c) Chuck Knoblauch.
(d) Randy Johnson.

2. What do Evvie and Dean serve to their guests at the barbecue?
(a) Chicken wings.
(b) Steaks.
(c) Burgers.
(d) Hot dogs.

3. In what month is the magazine article about Dean's failures published?
(a) February.
(b) January.
(c) November.
(d) December.

4. Evvie tells Dean that the reason Tim had stayed in his hometown after medical school was that only by remaining there could he be viewed as what type of creature?
(a) A unicorn.
(b) A chameleon.
(c) A yeti.
(d) A centaur.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dean laments that he has "only done one thing seriously since" (54) he was what age?

2. When Dean is leaning toward accepting Ted's offer to help coach his team, he thinks to himself that he could at least counsel the kids not to take what action in the event any of them did become professional athletes?

3. The issue of Sports Illustrated through which Evvie glances in Fall: Chapter 1 contains a story about a baseball player from which team?

4. On what occasion had Evvie received the dishes she uses to host Thanksgiving?

5. From which character does Evvie receive a voice mail just before Monica and Andy arrive for a barbecue?

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