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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. An article in the issue of Sports Illustrated mentioned in Fall: Chapter 1 is said to be about a baseball player "who woke up one day and couldn't" take what action "anymore" (10)?
2. With what items is the suitcase in the prologue decorated?
3. Evvie takes extreme exception to her father's sentiment during the Thanksgiving blessing that he is prouder of her for what feat than he is of any one of her other accomplishments?
4. The issue of Sports Illustrated through which Evvie glances in Fall: Chapter 1 contains a story about a baseball player from which team?
5. In what decade was the term used to describe Dean's affliction coined, according to the narrator?
Short Essay Questions
1. Name and discuss one coping mechanism Evvie used to make it through her days during her marriage to Tim.
2. What advice does Dean give to Evvie when she is angry about her father's Thanksgiving day comment?
3. Describe Dean's reaction to Evvie's story about the reporter who came by asking about Dean.
4. Discuss an instance when Holmes uses a literary device to comment on the nature of youth.
5. What does Evvie mean when she thinks about semicolons in relation to Dean's speech?
6. Discuss an instance when Tim's actions resulted in trauma to Evvie.
7. What do Evvie's set of dishes with the yellow flowers on them symbolize?
8. What is the "one thing" (54) Dean claims to have done seriously ever since the age of ten?
9. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Evvie had been frightened of her husband Tim during their marriage.
10. In what way is the motif of dreams used to depict Evvie's feelings of guilt in Fall: Chapter 1?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Determine Holmes’s message within the novel Evvie Drake Starts Over regarding the negative effects of isolation.
Essay Topic 2
How is the topic of hope treated within Evvie Drake Starts Over and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 3
Explicate the theme of trust within Evvie Drake Starts Over. What is Holmes’s message regarding trust and how do you know?
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