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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 do Evvie and Dean agree will be Evvie's "go sign" (127) if she changes her mind about wanting to date?

2. Evvie thinks about a photograph of herself at about age nine in which she is happily engaging in what activity with her father?

3. Over dinner at the Stafford Hotel, Dean gives Evvie the key to which room in the hotel?

4. How old had Evvie just turned when she first asked her father whether it was her fault that her mother had left them?

5. How many sexual partners has Evvie had in total, including her late husband Tim?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Evvie inwardly react to Andy's suggestion that if she wanted to, she could also start dating again someday?

2. Describe an instance when the use of a third person omniscient narrator helps Holmes demonstrate duplicity.

3. On what possible next step do Evvie and Dean agree once Evvie shares that she is not ready to date anyone?

4. Describe how Evvie had always felt about blushing prior to meeting Dean.

5. What two recent developments with Dean does Evvie briefly consider sharing with Andy on the day Monica and Evvie first meet?

6. How does Dean come to pitch an inning at the exhibition game between the Claws and the team from Freeport?

7. From what angle does Evvie claim not to have seen "Calcasset in "forever" (119) as she and Dean drive toward Boston?

8. Discuss an instance in the text when Holmes uses humor in order to clearly illustrate a particular character's fear of change.

9. What piece of jewelry does Evvie remove before she heads out of town with Dean and why is this moment significant?

10. Describe how the blush Evvie experiences during her baseball lesson differs from the other times she has blushed before.

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

What messages does Holmes send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach within the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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