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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. To which character does Evvie send a text in the prologue saying that Tim has been in a car accident?
(a) Lori.
(b) Her father.
(c) Monica.
(d) Andy.

4. On what day of the week do Evvie and Andy always meet for a particular meal?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Friday.

5. The woman who knocks on Evvie's door at the beginning of Chapter 8, Ellen Boyd, has a job in what field?
(a) Accounting.
(b) Art restoration.
(c) Landscaping.
(d) Journalism.

6. About how much time has passed between the end of the prologue and the beginning of Fall: Chapter 1?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 6 months.

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

8. Evvie knows to ask the woman at the door for a business card because which character had done the same for her after Tim's accident?
(a) Lori.
(b) Andy.
(c) Nona.
(d) Eileen.

9. To what object does Evvie compare time when she discusses 22- and 23-year-olds in Chapter 11?
(a) A pool.
(b) A sundial.
(c) A radiator.
(d) A top.

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

11. Evvie threatens to take what action against Ellen Boyd if she does not immediately leave Evvie's porch?
(a) To pull her hair.
(b) To punch her.
(c) To stomp on her foot.
(d) To kick her.

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

13. Which character asks Evvie many questions about Dean on Thanksgiving Day?
(a) Andy.
(b) Monica.
(c) Kell.
(d) Dean.

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

15. To what location does Dean first go when he arrives in Calcasset, Maine?
(a) A motel.
(b) Andy's house.
(c) Evvie's house.
(d) The hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what fraction of her life has Evvie been with Tim by the time of the prologue's opening?

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

3. Evvie reflects upon the way that every time she says something, Dean treats her words as if they end with what punctuation mark?

4. 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?

5. Who is Andy?

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