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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. In what location does Evvie find Dean when she goes out in the middle of the night to follow him in Fall: Chapter 14?

2. What name is used to refer to the annual exhibition game between the Claws and the Explorers?

3. Dean discusses with Evvie a time when a doctor had joked about the horrendous conditions of which part of his body shown in an MRI?

4. With what gesture had Evvie and Andy always ended their weekly breakfasts before Andy began dating Monica seriously?

5. What hairstyling step does Evvie forego before her trip with Dean for fear of looking like she is "trying too hard" (191)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Evvie experiences conflicting emotions when Dean tells her that he had wanted to kiss her several times during their day trip to Boston.

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Monica?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What ultimate message is Holmes sending in the novel about the nature and value of having compassion for oneself?

Essay Topic 3

Choose an object from Evvie Drake Starts Over, such as the black and pink baseball glove, the scar on Evvie’s foot, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

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