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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 is Monica's last name?
2. How does Evvie answer Dr. Talco when she asks during their first appointment how Evvie is sleeping?
3. What adjective does Dean use to modify the word 'soulmate' when he refers to Andy as Evvie's "soulmate" (137)?
4. Dean's favorite sound in baseball had always been the sound of the ball hitting what object?
5. Evvie chooses Dr. Jane Talco as a therapist for Dean in part because her website says that she treats what affliction?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe an instance when the use of a third person omniscient narrator helps Holmes demonstrate duplicity.
2. What is ironic about Evvie's first visit to the office of Dr. Jane Talco?
3. Describe how Evvie had always felt about blushing prior to meeting Dean.
4. How does Dean come to pitch an inning at the exhibition game between the Claws and the team from Freeport?
5. How does Evvie inwardly react to Andy's suggestion that if she wanted to, she could also start dating again someday?
6. What does the blue suitcase in the narrative symbolize?
7. What is the symbolism inherent in the scar on Evvie's foot?
8. How does Holmes use the motif of sound to demonstrate Dean's grief at finding that he has lost the ability to pitch?
9. How does Holmes use the motif of sound in order to demonstrate Dean's love for the game of baseball?
10. Characterize the relationship between Evvie and her father Frank.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Holmes's inclusion of money and class differences within the narrative. Analyze aspects of the narrative such as Tim's perceived superiority over Evvie throughout the entirety of their relationship.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how and why Holmes instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Evvie Drake Starts Over.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Holmes’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of Evvie Drake Starts Over.
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