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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. What color are the small flowers on the dishes Evvie uses to host Thanksgiving in Chapter 11?

2. After Evvie has known Dean for two months, she considers him to listen "like a" (73) what?

3. The issue of Sports Illustrated at which Evvie glances in Fall: Chapter 1 is addressed to which character?

4. Tim's mother Lila always smells of what scent, according to Evvie?

5. To what object does Evvie compare time when she discusses 22- and 23-year-olds in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What object does Evvie place on the mantel just before she opens the door to meet Dean and what is the object's significance?

2. When Dean expresses his appreciation to Evvie at the end of Fall: Chapter 5, what two specific elements does he name?

3. How does Holmes weave together issues of class with issues of domestic abuse?

4. Name and discuss a second coping mechanism Evvie used to combat the feelings inspired by her unhappy marriage, according to the narrator.

5. What agreement do Evvie and Dean make at the end of Fall: Chapter 4?

6. Describe Dean's reaction to Evvie's story about the reporter who came by asking about Dean.

7. What is the "one thing" (54) Dean claims to have done seriously ever since the age of ten?

8. What advice does Dean give to Evvie when she is angry about her father's Thanksgiving day comment?

9. Discuss an instance when Tim's actions resulted in trauma to Evvie.

10. What event is revealed at the end of the prologue to have brought a halt to Evvie's plans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Holmes's messages about parenthood within the novel Evvie Drake Starts Over.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how and why Holmes instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Evvie Drake Starts Over.

Essay Topic 3

Choose an object from Evvie Drake Starts Over, such as the black and pink baseball glove, the scar on Evvie’s foot, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

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