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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of Evvie's family members had once made a nasty comment about hair, causing her to enter a period of "battle" (191) with her natural appearance?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her paternal grandfather.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her paternal grandmother.

2. How many months does Evvie report it had taken her to fully absorb that her mother was never coming back to finish raising her?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

3. To what city do Evvie and Dean travel in order to pick up Dean's new pinball machine?
(a) Newark.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

4. How old had Evvie just turned when she first asked her father whether it was her fault that her mother had left them?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

5. What hairstyling step does Evvie forego before her trip with Dean for fear of looking like she is "trying too hard" (191)?
(a) Curling.
(b) Blow-drying.
(c) Straightening.
(d) Washing.

6. Evvie thinks about a photograph of herself at about age nine in which she is happily engaging in what activity with her father?
(a) Juggling.
(b) Painting.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Fishing.

7. Evvie slams her laptop closed after looking at pictures of two of Dean's ex-girlfriends, who are described as being employed in what positions?
(a) A model and a physicist.
(b) An actress and a singer.
(c) An astronaut and an actress.
(d) A life coach and a dog handler.

8. When Dean whispers into Evvie's ear during her baseball lesson, Evvie takes what action?
(a) She turns around.
(b) She squeals.
(c) She walks away.
(d) She blushes.

9. To what location does Dean take Evvie the first time he gives her a baseball lesson?
(a) A baseball field.
(b) A racquetball court.
(c) A swimming pool.
(d) A soccer field.

10. In what town had Dean been renting a room while playing in the minors when he attended a party at the house with the pinball machine?
(a) Macon.
(b) Albuquerque.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) San Francisco.

11. To which character is Evvie referring when she calls someone her first and "most important lucky break" (186)?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Andy.

12. Dean's favorite sound in baseball had always been the sound of the ball hitting what object?
(a) Home plate.
(b) The backstop.
(c) The bat.
(d) The catcher's mitt.

13. Evvie tells Dr. Talco that she had been with Tim since she was how many years old?
(a) 21.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

14. Evvie tells Dean in Winter: Chapter 16 that as long as she does not accept the life insurance money from Tim's death, she can feel like she had taken what action?
(a) Betrayed him.
(b) Left him.
(c) Loved him.
(d) Done right by him.

15. What pieces of jewelry does Evvie remove just before she joins Dean for the couple's first sexual encounter?
(a) Her earrings.
(b) Her rings.
(c) Her necklaces.
(d) Her bracelets.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Calcasset Claws always play the team from which city each year in the exhibition game?

2. Which character in the narrative is dating Monica?

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

4. In Spring: Chapter 26, Evvie reflects upon the fact that once which month arrives, it will have been two years since Tim's death?

5. Which character brought Evvie home the night of Tim's death?

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