View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Fall: Chapter 2, it is revealed that Andy has been divorced for how many years?
(a) 12.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

2. Dean laments that he has "only done one thing seriously since" (54) he was what age?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 8.

3. 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?
(a) Get married.
(b) Get hooked on drugs.
(c) Push their bodies too hard.
(d) Give their money away frivolously.

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

5. With what object does Evvie prop open the door connecting the main part of the house with Dean's apartment?
(a) A potted plant.
(b) A bike.
(c) A brick.
(d) A shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what items is the suitcase in the prologue decorated?

2. In what gesture do Evvie and Dean engage after he expresses his gratitude for the way she had stood up to the woman on the porch?

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. 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?

5. Even with a bit of time having passed since Tim's death, Evvie still feels "consumed by" (10) what activity?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,244 words (approx. 5 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample