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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. In Winter: Chapter 13, Andy comes to cheer Dean up after an article in what magazine has focused upon Dean's failures?

2. To what city do Evvie and Dean travel in order to pick up Dean's new pinball machine?

3. To what location does Dean take Evvie the first time he gives her a baseball lesson?

4. Andy tells Evvie in Winter: Chapter 18 that he knows it had been whose suitcase in the back of Evvie's car the day of Tim's accident?

5. To whom does Dean give the key to room number 208 in the Stafford Hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. From what angle does Evvie claim not to have seen "Calcasset in "forever" (119) as she and Dean drive toward Boston?

2. With what information does Andy confront Evvie in Winter: Chapter 18 when he arrives unannounced at her house after ten at night?

3. For what reason does Evvie refrain from telling Andy about recent developments with Dean?

4. How does Dean come to pitch an inning at the exhibition game between the Claws and the team from Freeport?

5. What does the blue suitcase in the narrative symbolize?

6. What piece of jewelry does Evvie remove before she heads out of town with Dean and why is this moment significant?

7. How does Holmes use the motif of sound to demonstrate Dean's grief at finding that he has lost the ability to pitch?

8. How does Holmes use the motif of sound in order to demonstrate Dean's love for the game of baseball?

9. Describe how Evvie had always felt about blushing prior to meeting Dean.

10. Discuss an instance in the text when Holmes uses humor in order to clearly illustrate a particular character's fear of change.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the theme of trust within Evvie Drake Starts Over. What is Holmes’s message regarding trust and how do you know?

Essay Topic 2

Choose an object from Evvie Drake Starts Over, such as the black and pink baseball glove, the scar on Evvie’s foot, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

Essay Topic 3

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

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