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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. Dean tells Evvie that how many months before the events of Chapter 8, fans had "burned [him] in effigy at a bar [he] co-owned" (64)?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

2. With what items is the suitcase in the prologue decorated?
(a) Stickers.
(b) Luggage tags.
(c) Graffiti.
(d) Ribbons.

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

4. Who calls Evvie in the prologue to tell her that Tim has been in a severe car accident?
(a) Evvie's mother.
(b) Tim's mother.
(c) Tim.
(d) A nurse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how much time has passed between the end of the prologue and the beginning of Fall: Chapter 1?

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

3. Which character first floats the idea of Dean renting the apartment at the back of Evvie's house for $800 a month?

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

5. Evvie discovers in Fall: Chapter 8 that "what had happened to Dean" with his pitching "was called the" (55) what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the "one thing" (54) Dean claims to have done seriously ever since the age of ten?

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

3. What does Evvie mean when she thinks about semicolons in relation to Dean's speech?

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

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

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

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

8. Discuss an instance when Holmes uses a literary device to comment on the nature of youth.

9. What major secret is Evvie keeping from her best friend Andy?

10. 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?

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