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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. Tim's mother Lila always smells of what scent, according to Evvie?
2. Evvie tells Dean that when "You're twenty-two, twenty-three, time is sort of" (75) what?
3. When Dean is leaning toward accepting Ted's offer to help coach his team, he thinks to himself that he could at least counsel the kids not to take what action in the event any of them did become professional athletes?
4. Evvie knows to ask the woman at the door for a business card because which character had done the same for her after Tim's accident?
5. Evvie reveals that she took what action in high school in order to ensure that Tim would be valedictorian?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Dean's reaction to Evvie's story about the reporter who came by asking about Dean.
2. What do Evvie's set of dishes with the yellow flowers on them symbolize?
3. What elements does Evvie name when she tells Dean the topics that concern the citizens of Calcasset?
4. What advice does Dean give to Evvie when she is angry about her father's Thanksgiving day comment?
5. In what way does the theme of isolation appear within Fall: Chapter 1 of Evvie Drake Starts Over?
6. In what way is the motif of dreams used to depict Evvie's feelings of guilt in Fall: Chapter 1?
7. What agreement do Evvie and Dean make at the end of Fall: Chapter 4?
8. What object does Evvie place on the mantel just before she opens the door to meet Dean and what is the object's significance?
9. What major secret is Evvie keeping from her best friend Andy?
10. What is the "one thing" (54) Dean claims to have done seriously ever since the age of ten?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the function of Andy’s character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Holmes in depicting Andy and include in your discussion the reasons that Holmes utilizes him in these particular ways.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Evvie Drake Starts Over and one of the novel's main messages. How does Holmes make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the novel?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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