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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. On what day of the week do Evvie and Dean travel together to pick up Dean's new pinball machine?
2. Which character had mentioned to Andy a description of the suitcase in the back of Evvie's car?
3. Dean's favorite sound in baseball had always been the sound of the ball hitting what object?
4. Monica has a career in what field?
5. How many months does Evvie report it had taken her to fully absorb that her mother was never coming back to finish raising her?
Short Essay Questions
1. What piece of jewelry does Evvie remove before she heads out of town with Dean and why is this moment significant?
2. In what way does the motif of dreams arise again within Winter: Chapter 15?
3. Describe an instance when the use of a third person omniscient narrator helps Holmes demonstrate duplicity.
4. What is ironic about Evvie's first visit to the office of Dr. Jane Talco?
5. How does Dean come to pitch an inning at the exhibition game between the Claws and the team from Freeport?
6. Characterize the relationship between Evvie and her father Frank.
7. With what information does Andy confront Evvie in Winter: Chapter 18 when he arrives unannounced at her house after ten at night?
8. What two recent developments with Dean does Evvie briefly consider sharing with Andy on the day Monica and Evvie first meet?
9. What does the blue suitcase in the narrative symbolize?
10. On what possible next step do Evvie and Dean agree once Evvie shares that she is not ready to date anyone?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What messages does Holmes send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach within the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Holmes's choice to tell the story of Evvie Drake Starts Over using a third person limited omniscient narrator. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Holmes’s intended effects on the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Determine Holmes’s message within the novel Evvie Drake Starts Over regarding the negative effects of isolation.
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