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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

4. How many sons does Andy have with his ex-wife Lori?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

5. The issue of Sports Illustrated through which Evvie glances in Fall: Chapter 1 contains a story about a baseball player from which team?
(a) The Cubs.
(b) The Mariners.
(c) The Yankees.
(d) The Mets.

6. An article in the issue of Sports Illustrated mentioned in Fall: Chapter 1 is said to be about a baseball player "who woke up one day and couldn't" take what action "anymore" (10)?
(a) Bunt.
(b) Pitch.
(c) Hit.
(d) Run.

7. What event marks the first breach of the pact between Evvie and Dean?
(a) Dean tells Evvie that Andy is in love with her.
(b) Evvie kisses Dean.
(c) Dean tells Evvie about his appointment with the sports psychologist.
(d) Evvie tells Dean about the tree-planting ceremony.

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

9. Evvie reflects upon the way that every time she says something, Dean treats her words as if they end with what punctuation mark?
(a) A colon.
(b) A semicolon.
(c) An ellipsis.
(d) A question mark.

10. 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?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

11. What is the first real idea Dean throws out to Andy when they talk about the next step Dean could take?
(a) He could learn the art of taxidermy.
(b) He could learn to play the oboe.
(c) He could paint.
(d) He could coach baseball.

12. At what type of school does Ted, the man Evvie introduces to Dean, coach football?
(a) A university.
(b) A junior high.
(c) A high school.
(d) A community college.

13. Evvie tells Dean that her father had been a lobsterman for nearly how many years before he retired two years before the narrative present?
(a) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 50.
(d) 25.

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

15. What item does Evvie place into the glove compartment at the start of the prologue entitled First?
(a) A walkie-talkie.
(b) A pair of sunglasses.
(c) An envelope full of cash.
(d) A map of Hawaii.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what location does Evvie go in Fall: Chapter 1 when she awakens from a dream about Tim?

2. Which character meets Evvie in the parking lot on the day of the tree-planting ceremony celebrating Tim's life?

3. Which idiom-laden phrase does Evvie use to describe what had happened the one time Andy and Evvie had "earnestly tried to look meaningfully at each other" (17)?

4. Evvie tells Dean that when "You're twenty-two, twenty-three, time is sort of" (75) what?

5. 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?

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