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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Evvie tells Dean that the reason Tim had stayed in his hometown after medical school was that only by remaining there could he be viewed as what type of creature?
(a) A centaur.
(b) A chameleon.
(c) A unicorn.
(d) A yeti.

2. In what decade was the term used to describe Dean's affliction coined, according to the narrator?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1940s.

3. To what location does Dean first go when he arrives in Calcasset, Maine?
(a) Andy's house.
(b) The hospital.
(c) Evvie's house.
(d) A motel.

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

5. The issue of Sports Illustrated at which Evvie glances in Fall: Chapter 1 is addressed to which character?
(a) Tim.
(b) Monica.
(c) Evvie.
(d) Andy.

6. When Dean is leaning toward accepting Ted's offer to help coach his team, he thinks to himself that he could at least counsel the kids not to take what action in the event any of them did become professional athletes?
(a) Push their bodies too hard.
(b) Get married.
(c) Give their money away frivolously.
(d) Get hooked on drugs.

7. What is the name of Andy's oldest daughter?
(a) Lilly.
(b) Rose.
(c) Nona.
(d) Monica.

8. In which borough of New York City does Dean reside at the time he wearies of the media attention and wants to get away?
(a) Queens.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Brooklyn.

9. Who is Andy?
(a) Evvie's uncle.
(b) Evvie's ex-boyfriend.
(c) Evvie's best friend.
(d) Evvie's father.

10. Which character meets Evvie in the parking lot on the day of the tree-planting ceremony celebrating Tim's life?
(a) Dean.
(b) Andy.
(c) Monica.
(d) Frank.

11. What is Evvie's legal first name?
(a) Evelyth.
(b) Evelline.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Evel.

12. To which character does Evvie send a text in the prologue saying that Tim has been in a car accident?
(a) Lori.
(b) Andy.
(c) Her father.
(d) Monica.

13. What color is the suitcase that Evvie retrieves from the hall closet, packs, and puts into her car at the start of the prologue?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

14. Evvie threatens to take what action against Ellen Boyd if she does not immediately leave Evvie's porch?
(a) To kick her.
(b) To pull her hair.
(c) To stomp on her foot.
(d) To punch her.

15. 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?
(a) A shrug.
(b) A hug.
(c) A fist-bump.
(d) A high-five.

Short Answer Questions

1. The issue of Sports Illustrated through which Evvie glances in Fall: Chapter 1 contains a story about a baseball player from which team?

2. Which character first floats the idea of Dean renting the apartment at the back of Evvie's house for $800 a month?

3. What word does Evvie repeat to herself a number of times at the end of Fall: Chapter 1?

4. Dean tells Evvie that how many months before the events of Chapter 8, fans had "burned [him] in effigy at a bar [he] co-owned" (64)?

5. Evvie recalls a time in her youth when she had been stranded in the rain and which character had given her a ride?

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