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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. How old had Evvie just turned when she first asked her father whether it was her fault that her mother had left them?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

2. Dean's favorite sound in baseball had always been the sound of the ball hitting what object?
(a) The bat.
(b) The backstop.
(c) The catcher's mitt.
(d) Home plate.

3. 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?
(a) Scribbler.
(b) Typist.
(c) Student.
(d) Housewife.

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

5. When Dr. Talco asks Evvie how long it had been since her husband had died, what is Evvie's answer?
(a) A little over a year.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dean tells Evvie in Winter: Chapter 14 that if he wanted to talk about what subject, he would have stayed in Manhattan?

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

3. In what state did Dean first walk onto a baseball field?

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

5. Andy tells Evvie in Winter: Chapter 18 that he knows it had been whose suitcase in the back of Evvie's car the day of Tim's accident?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the blue suitcase in the narrative symbolize?

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

7. How does Holmes use the motif of sound in order to demonstrate Dean's love for the game of baseball?

8. 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.

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

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

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