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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Making it through the death of her husband.
(b) Building a transcription clientele.
(c) Graduating from college.
(d) Graduating from high school.

2. Who is Andy?
(a) Evvie's best friend.
(b) Evvie's father.
(c) Evvie's uncle.
(d) Evvie's ex-boyfriend.

3. The narrator states, "Evvie had been almost" what age "on the day in March" (45) when a certain character gave her a ride on a rainy day?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

4. How many times does Evvie repeat the same word to herself at the end of Fall: Chapter 1?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

5. Dean tells Andy that he had seen how many sports psychologists in total in an effort to regain his skills in the sport of baseball?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

6. Lori, the mother of Dean's children, lives in which southern U.S. town?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Macon.

7. 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?
(a) Get married.
(b) Push their bodies too hard.
(c) Give their money away frivolously.
(d) Get hooked on drugs.

8. What is Evvie's legal first name?
(a) Evelyth.
(b) Evel.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Evelline.

9. The end of the prologue states, "She later figured" that Tim had "probably died while she was waiting at the stoplight" (3) a block away from which landmark?
(a) The elementary school where they had first met.
(b) The parking lot where he had taught her how to drive.
(c) The county building where they had applied for their marriage license.
(d) The church where they got married.

10. What shade of blue does Evvie paint the apartment at the back of the house Tim buys for them to live in?
(a) Periwinkle.
(b) Peacock.
(c) Sky.
(d) Azure.

11. Evvie's favorite client is a woman named "Nona Powell Brown, a professor at" (26) which university?
(a) Cornell.
(b) Howard.
(c) Brown.
(d) Morehouse.

12. How many daughters does Andy have with his ex-wife Lori?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

13. Dean says that which character(s) had "pushed [him] really hard" (75) to go to an All-Star Camp for baseball?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandparents.
(c) His parents.
(d) His mother.

14. The issue of Sports Illustrated at which Evvie glances in Fall: Chapter 1 is addressed to which character?
(a) Evvie.
(b) Andy.
(c) Tim.
(d) Monica.

15. Which character first floats the idea of Dean renting the apartment at the back of Evvie's house for $800 a month?
(a) Evvie.
(b) Eileen.
(c) Dean.
(d) Andy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Fall: Chapter 4, when Dean moves into the apartment attached to Evvie's house, she tells him that she and Tim had gotten married and moved into the house how many years before?

2. In Fall: Chapter 7, Evvie watches Dean smash what kind of object against the fence in their yard?

3. What color are the small flowers on the dishes Evvie uses to host Thanksgiving in Chapter 11?

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

5. To what location does Dean first go when he arrives in Calcasset, Maine?

(see the answer keys)

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