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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Evvie recalls a time in her youth when she had been stranded in the rain and which character had given her a ride?
(a) Tim.
(b) Frank.
(c) Eileen.
(d) Andy.

2. To what location does Evvie go in Fall: Chapter 1 when she awakens from a dream about Tim?
(a) The sun porch.
(b) The basement.
(c) The apartment at the back of her house.
(d) The nearby park.

3. 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) Eileen.
(b) Lori.
(c) Andy.
(d) Nona.

4. What color is the suitcase that Evvie retrieves from the hall closet, packs, and puts into her car at the start of the prologue?
(a) Black.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

5. 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 church where they got married.
(d) The county building where they had applied for their marriage license.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Though Evvie often refers to herself as "a professional eavesdropper" (27), what is her official title?

3. Evvie reveals that she took what action in high school in order to ensure that Tim would be valedictorian?

4. How many sons does Andy have with his ex-wife Lori?

5. Evvie recalls incurring a bruise on which part of her body when "she'd once slipped" on the "slick staircase"(10)?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Dean expresses his appreciation to Evvie at the end of Fall: Chapter 5, what two specific elements does he name?

2. How did Dean end up attending Cornell, according to him?

3. What is revealed to have happened the one time when best friends Andy and Evvie had tried to view one another in a romantic light?

4. For what major change is Evvie preparing when the reader first meets her in the prologue entitled First?

5. Name and discuss a second coping mechanism Evvie used to combat the feelings inspired by her unhappy marriage, according to the narrator.

6. What event is revealed at the end of the prologue to have brought a halt to Evvie's plans?

7. What agreement do Evvie and Dean make at the end of Fall: Chapter 4?

8. What object does Evvie place on the mantel just before she opens the door to meet Dean and what is the object's significance?

9. What do Evvie's set of dishes with the yellow flowers on them symbolize?

10. What advice does Dean give to Evvie when she is angry about her father's Thanksgiving day comment?

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