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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. About how much time has passed between the end of the prologue and the beginning of Fall: Chapter 1?
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 is the name of Andy's youngest daughter?
4. Evvie discovers in Fall: Chapter 8 that "what had happened to Dean" with his pitching "was called the" (55) what?
5. Evvie recalls a time in her youth when she had been stranded in the rain and which character had given her a ride?
Short Essay Questions
1. What major secret is Evvie keeping from her best friend Andy?
2. What do Evvie's set of dishes with the yellow flowers on them symbolize?
3. What agreement do Evvie and Dean make at the end of Fall: Chapter 4?
4. Which comment of Frank's makes Evvie furious during Thanksgiving dinner and why?
5. In what way does the theme of isolation appear within Fall: Chapter 1 of Evvie Drake Starts Over?
6. What elements does Evvie name when she tells Dean the topics that concern the citizens of Calcasset?
7. In what way is the motif of dreams used to depict Evvie's feelings of guilt in Fall: Chapter 1?
8. Name and discuss a second coping mechanism Evvie used to combat the feelings inspired by her unhappy marriage, according to the narrator.
9. What object does Evvie place on the mantel just before she opens the door to meet Dean and what is the object's significance?
10. Describe Dean's reaction to Evvie's story about the reporter who came by asking about Dean.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Holmes’s novel Evvie Drake Starts Over. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from 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
Explicate the theme of trust within Evvie Drake Starts Over. What is Holmes’s message regarding trust and how do you know?
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