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

2. What color are the small flowers on the dishes Evvie uses to host Thanksgiving in Chapter 11?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Pink.

3. 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) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

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

5. Which character meets Evvie in the parking lot on the day of the tree-planting ceremony celebrating Tim's life?
(a) Monica.
(b) Andy.
(c) Dean.
(d) Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once Evvie uses a particular object to prop open the door between the main house and Dean's apartment, they begin to only close the door on which occasions?

2. With what object does Evvie prop open the door connecting the main part of the house with Dean's apartment?

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?

4. According to Evvie, the townspeople saw her as someone who "had gone directly from lobsterman's daughter to" (44) what?

5. 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)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In what way does the theme of isolation appear within Fall: Chapter 1 of Evvie Drake Starts Over?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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