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

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

3. Even with a bit of time having passed since Tim's death, Evvie still feels "consumed by" (10) what activity?
(a) Not missing Tim.
(b) Missing Tim.
(c) Waiting for Tim to return.
(d) Hating Tim.

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

5. After Evvie has known Dean for two months, she considers him to listen "like a" (73) what?
(a) Like a transcriber.
(b) Like a journalist.
(c) Like a psychiatrist.
(d) Like an automaton.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of Andy's youngest daughter?

4. 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)?

5. What television show is the shared guilty pleasure of Evvie and Dean once he moves into the apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Holmes weave together issues of class with issues of domestic abuse?

2. Name and discuss one coping mechanism Evvie used to make it through her days during her marriage to Tim.

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

4. Which comment of Frank's makes Evvie furious during Thanksgiving dinner and why?

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

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

7. Describe Dean's reaction to Evvie's story about the reporter who came by asking about Dean.

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

9. In what way is the motif of dreams used to depict Evvie's feelings of guilt in Fall: Chapter 1?

10. Discuss an instance when Tim's actions resulted in trauma to Evvie.

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