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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. How many hours' drive each way is the trip to pick up Dean's new pinball machine?

2. On what day of the week do Evvie and Dean travel together to pick up Dean's new pinball machine?

3. How does Evvie answer Dr. Talco when she asks during their first appointment how Evvie is sleeping?

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

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

2. What is the symbolism inherent in the scar on Evvie's foot?

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

4. What story does Evvie tell Dean that causes Dean's mouth to fall open in Spring: Chapter 28?

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

6. What does the blue suitcase in the narrative symbolize?

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

8. For what length of time has Tim been gone by the time Evvie first meets with Dr. Talco?

9. How does Holmes use the motif of sound to demonstrate Dean's grief at finding that he has lost the ability to pitch?

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

Essay Topic 3

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.

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