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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 do Evvie and Dean agree will be Evvie's "go sign" (127) if she changes her mind about wanting to date?

2. In Spring: Chapter 25, Evvie visits her father and brings what type of dish for them to eat together?

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

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

5. What kinds of visuals are featured on the pinball machine Dean decides to purchase?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. On what possible next step do Evvie and Dean agree once Evvie shares that she is not ready to date anyone?

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

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

6. Describe how the blush Evvie experiences during her baseball lesson differs from the other times she has blushed before.

7. For what length of time has Tim been gone by the time Evvie first meets with Dr. Talco?

8. Characterize the relationship between Evvie and her father Frank.

9. What story does Evvie tell Dean that causes Dean's mouth to fall open in Spring: Chapter 28?

10. How does Evvie inwardly react to Andy's suggestion that if she wanted to, she could also start dating again someday?

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

What messages does Holmes send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach within the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Holmes's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Evvie Drake Starts Over.

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