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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. What is Monica's last name?
2. Who babysits Lilly and Rose while Andy is taking Dean out to see if he wants to talk about the magazine article?
3. In Spring: Chapter 25, Evvie visits her father and brings what type of dish for them to eat together?
4. On what day of the week is Eileen said to have left her family "before [they] were awake" (184)?
5. When Dean whispers into Evvie's ear during her baseball lesson, Evvie takes what action?
Short Essay Questions
1. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Evvie experiences conflicting emotions when Dean tells her that he had wanted to kiss her several times during their day trip to Boston.
2. Characterize the relationship between Evvie and her father Frank.
3. On what possible next step do Evvie and Dean agree once Evvie shares that she is not ready to date anyone?
4. Describe how the blush Evvie experiences during her baseball lesson differs from the other times she has blushed before.
5. For what reason does Dean decide to travel to Boston and back in one day?
6. How does Evvie inwardly react to Andy's suggestion that if she wanted to, she could also start dating again someday?
7. From what angle does Evvie claim not to have seen "Calcasset in "forever" (119) as she and Dean drive toward Boston?
8. In what way does the motif of dreams arise again within Winter: Chapter 15?
9. Discuss an instance in the text when Holmes uses humor in order to clearly illustrate a particular character's fear of change.
10. How does Holmes use the motif of sound to demonstrate Dean's grief at finding that he has lost the ability to pitch?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Determine Holmes’s message within the novel Evvie Drake Starts Over regarding the negative effects of isolation.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Holmes's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Evvie Drake Starts Over.
Essay Topic 3
How are the topics of romantic relationships, love, and sex treated within the novel Evvie Drake Starts Over and how does their treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
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