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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fall: Chapters 6-12, 42-90.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What television show is the shared guilty pleasure of Evvie and Dean once he moves into the apartment?
(a) Halls of Power.
(b) Dancing With the Stars.
(c) America's Next Top Model.
(d) Veep.

2. Though Evvie often refers to herself as "a professional eavesdropper" (27), what is her official title?
(a) Operator.
(b) Translator.
(c) Transcriber.
(d) 911 dispatcher.

3. The woman who knocks on Evvie's door at the beginning of Chapter 8, Ellen Boyd, has a job in what field?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Landscaping.
(c) Art restoration.
(d) Accounting.

4. After Evvie has known Dean for two months, she considers him to listen "like a" (73) what?
(a) Like a transcriber.
(b) Like an automaton.
(c) Like a psychiatrist.
(d) Like a journalist.

5. With what items is the suitcase in the prologue decorated?
(a) Ribbons.
(b) Stickers.
(c) Graffiti.
(d) Luggage tags.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what gesture do Evvie and Dean engage after he expresses his gratitude for the way she had stood up to the woman on the porch?

2. Evvie takes extreme exception to her father's sentiment during the Thanksgiving blessing that he is prouder of her for what feat than he is of any one of her other accomplishments?

3. What is the name of Andy's youngest daughter?

4. Evvie's favorite client is a woman named "Nona Powell Brown, a professor at" (26) which university?

5. To what object does Evvie compare time when she discusses 22- and 23-year-olds in Chapter 11?

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