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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. Which character had mentioned to Andy a description of the suitcase in the back of Evvie's car?
(a) Kell.
(b) Eileen.
(c) Monica.
(d) Frank.

2. How long after Evvie follows Dean to a particular location in the middle of the night does she find a therapist for him?
(a) A few days.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) A few months.
(d) The following day.

3. Dean discusses with Evvie a time when a doctor had joked about the horrendous conditions of which part of his body shown in an MRI?
(a) His wrist.
(b) His shoulder.
(c) His neck.
(d) His elbow.

4. On what day of the week does Andy text Evvie that he will have to miss their standing Saturday breakfast?
(a) Tuesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

5. In what state did Dean first walk onto a baseball field?
(a) California.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Delaware.
(d) Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dean tells Evvie that during her first baseball lesson, she is going to concentrate solely on what skill?

2. Evvie agrees to go with Dean to pick up his pinball machine on the condition that he take what action once they get there?

3. Evvie proposes at the end of Spring: Chapter 21 that Dean pitch how many innings in the Claws' exhibition game?

4. Evvie slams her laptop closed after looking at pictures of two of Dean's ex-girlfriends, who are described as being employed in what positions?

5. Over dinner at the Stafford Hotel, Dean gives Evvie the key to which room in the hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Evvie had always felt about blushing prior to meeting Dean.

2. What is ironic about Evvie's first visit to the office of Dr. Jane Talco?

3. How does Holmes use the motif of sound to demonstrate Dean's grief at finding that he has lost the ability to pitch?

4. On what possible next step do Evvie and Dean agree once Evvie shares that she is not ready to date anyone?

5. For what reason does Dean decide to travel to Boston and back in one day?

6. Describe an instance when the use of a third person omniscient narrator helps Holmes demonstrate duplicity.

7. How does Dean come to pitch an inning at the exhibition game between the Claws and the team from Freeport?

8. Discuss an instance in the text when Holmes uses humor in order to clearly illustrate a particular character's fear of change.

9. From what angle does Evvie claim not to have seen "Calcasset in "forever" (119) as she and Dean drive toward Boston?

10. For what reason does Evvie refrain from telling Andy about recent developments with Dean?

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