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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. What shade of blue does Evvie paint the apartment at the back of the house Tim buys for them to live in?
(a) Peacock.
(b) Periwinkle.
(c) Sky.
(d) Azure.

2. How many daughters does Andy have with his ex-wife Lori?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

3. 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?
(a) A shrug.
(b) A fist-bump.
(c) A high-five.
(d) A hug.

4. To what object does Evvie compare time when she discusses 22- and 23-year-olds in Chapter 11?
(a) A sundial.
(b) A radiator.
(c) A pool.
(d) A top.

5. What word does Evvie repeat to herself a number of times at the end of Fall: Chapter 1?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) Monster.
(c) Done.
(d) Trainwreck.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Fall: Chapter 2, it is revealed that Andy has been divorced for how many years?

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the history of the friendship between Dean and Andy?

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

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

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

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

8. What elements does Evvie name when she tells Dean the topics that concern the citizens of Calcasset?

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

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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