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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. Over dinner at the Stafford Hotel, Dean gives Evvie the key to which room in the hotel?
(a) 212.
(b) 208.
(c) 216.
(d) 204.

2. Who babysits Lilly and Rose while Andy is taking Dean out to see if he wants to talk about the magazine article?
(a) Evvie.
(b) Frank.
(c) Kell.
(d) Eileen.

3. In Spring: Chapter 25, Evvie visits her father and brings what type of dish for them to eat together?
(a) Lamb shanks.
(b) Crab legs.
(c) Chili.
(d) Chowder.

4. What pieces of jewelry does Evvie remove just before she joins Dean for the couple's first sexual encounter?
(a) Her bracelets.
(b) Her rings.
(c) Her earrings.
(d) Her necklaces.

5. Evvie thinks about a photograph of herself at about age nine in which she is happily engaging in what activity with her father?
(a) Painting.
(b) Juggling.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Fishing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes along to breakfast with Evvie and Andy the first time they enact their tradition in quite a while?

2. With what gesture had Evvie and Andy always ended their weekly breakfasts before Andy began dating Monica seriously?

3. Andy arrives at Evvie's house unannounced in Winter: Chapter 18 on what night of the week?

4. Which character brought Evvie home the night of Tim's death?

5. Evvie recalls that just a few days after she had packed the car to leave Tim, he had referred to her career as a transcriber with what other term?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does the motif of dreams arise again within Winter: Chapter 15?

2. What is the symbolism inherent in the scar on Evvie's foot?

3. What piece of jewelry does Evvie remove before she heads out of town with Dean and why is this moment significant?

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

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

6. With what information does Andy confront Evvie in Winter: Chapter 18 when he arrives unannounced at her house after ten at night?

7. How does Evvie inwardly react to Andy's suggestion that if she wanted to, she could also start dating again someday?

8. What two recent developments with Dean does Evvie briefly consider sharing with Andy on the day Monica and Evvie first meet?

9. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Evvie experiences conflicting emotions when Dean tells her that he had wanted to kiss her several times during their day trip to Boston.

10. Characterize the relationship between Evvie and her father Frank.

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