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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 item does Evvie place into the glove compartment at the start of the prologue entitled First?
(a) A pair of sunglasses.
(b) A walkie-talkie.
(c) A map of Hawaii.
(d) An envelope full of cash.

2. What is the name of Andy's youngest daughter?
(a) Lilly.
(b) Eileen.
(c) Rose.
(d) Monica.

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

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

5. 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) 25.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 40.

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. In what decade was the term used to describe Dean's affliction coined, according to the narrator?

3. For what fraction of her life has Evvie been with Tim by the time of the prologue's opening?

4. To which character does Evvie send a text in the prologue saying that Tim has been in a car accident?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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