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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. 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 hug.
(c) A high-five.
(d) A fist-bump.

2. For what fraction of her life has Evvie been with Tim by the time of the prologue's opening?
(a) Half.
(b) One-quarter.
(c) Three-quarters.
(d) Two-thirds.

3. About how much time has passed between the end of the prologue and the beginning of Fall: Chapter 1?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 1 year.

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

5. Dean says that which character(s) had "pushed [him] really hard" (75) to go to an All-Star Camp for baseball?
(a) His grandparents.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) His parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what object does Evvie compare time when she discusses 22- and 23-year-olds in Chapter 11?

2. 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?

3. Which character meets Evvie in the parking lot on the day of the tree-planting ceremony celebrating Tim's life?

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

5. Evvie's favorite client is a woman named "Nona Powell Brown, a professor at" (26) which university?

Short Essay Questions

1. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Evvie had been frightened of her husband Tim during their marriage.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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