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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. Tim's mother Lila always smells of what scent, according to Evvie?

2. With what object does Evvie prop open the door connecting the main part of the house with Dean's apartment?

3. Dean says that which character(s) had "pushed [him] really hard" (75) to go to an All-Star Camp for baseball?

4. The narrator states, "Evvie had been almost" what age "on the day in March" (45) when a certain character gave her a ride on a rainy day?

5. In what grade was Evvie on the occasion on a March day when she was given a ride in a Lexus during a rainstorm?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Dean end up attending Cornell, according to him?

2. What object does Evvie place on the mantel just before she opens the door to meet Dean and what is the object's significance?

3. What event is revealed at the end of the prologue to have brought a halt to Evvie's plans?

4. Discuss an instance when Tim's actions resulted in trauma to Evvie.

5. Discuss an instance when Holmes uses a literary device to comment on the nature of youth.

6. What is revealed to have happened the one time when best friends Andy and Evvie had tried to view one another in a romantic light?

7. Which comment of Frank's makes Evvie furious during Thanksgiving dinner and why?

8. What does Evvie mean when she thinks about semicolons in relation to Dean's speech?

9. Describe Dean's reaction to Evvie's story about the reporter who came by asking about Dean.

10. How does Holmes weave together issues of class with issues of domestic abuse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the topic of hope treated within Evvie Drake Starts Over and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What messages does Holmes send about domestic violence in Evvie Drake Starts Over and what scenarios are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?

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