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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many times does Evvie repeat the same word to herself at the end of Fall: Chapter 1?
2. Evvie tells Dean that the reason Tim had stayed in his hometown after medical school was that only by remaining there could he be viewed as what type of creature?
3. To which character does Evvie send a text in the prologue saying that Tim has been in a car accident?
4. What word does Evvie repeat to herself a number of times at the end of Fall: Chapter 1?
5. Lori, the mother of Dean's children, lives in which southern U.S. town?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way is the motif of dreams used to depict Evvie's feelings of guilt in Fall: Chapter 1?
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. What advice does Dean give to Evvie when she is angry about her father's Thanksgiving day comment?
4. What is the "one thing" (54) Dean claims to have done seriously ever since the age of ten?
5. Which comment of Frank's makes Evvie furious during Thanksgiving dinner and why?
6. Name and discuss a second coping mechanism Evvie used to combat the feelings inspired by her unhappy marriage, according to the narrator.
7. Discuss an instance when Holmes uses a literary device to comment on the nature of youth.
8. Describe Dean's reaction to Evvie's story about the reporter who came by asking about Dean.
9. How did Dean end up attending Cornell, according to him?
10. What does Evvie mean when she thinks about semicolons in relation to Dean's speech?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Holmes’s novel Evvie Drake Starts Over. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
In what way is the theme of celebrity portrayed in Evvie Drake Starts Over? Examine Holmes's treatment of and messages regarding fame and celebrity throughout the work.
Essay Topic 3
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within Evvie Drake Starts Over and what is Holmes’s message regarding these themes?
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