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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color of trousers is Joel wearing?
(a) Gray.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Navy.

2. What is Asa's mood at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Scared.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

3. What do Dave and Asa do while Asa's mother phones his father?
(a) Shoot pool.
(b) Stand outside the telephone booth.
(c) Eat ice cream cones.
(d) Walk on the beach.

4. What is Asa's mother doing when Asa returns home?
(a) Crying in her bedroom.
(b) Making cookies.
(c) Sitting in front of their apartment.
(d) Watching television.

5. What is the name of the new poem which Asa wants to recite?
(a) The Night Before Christmas.
(b) The Highwayman.
(c) What Hearts.
(d) The Road Less Traveled.

6. What grade has Asa just completed?
(a) First.
(b) Ninth.
(c) Kindergarten.
(d) Fifth.

7. What topic is Asa responsible for in the oral presentation?
(a) Swords.
(b) Horses.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Arrows.

8. How can Asa tell the spirit of a classroom?
(a) By sniffing the air.
(b) By seeing the art area.
(c) By playing with classmates.
(d) By meeting the teacher.

9. What was the name of Asa's Little League team?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Jaguars.
(c) Cougars.
(d) Sonics.

10. Why does Asa scream while on the ride?
(a) He has dropped his wallet.
(b) He has vomited on the ride.
(c) His mother and Dave have walked away.
(d) He tries to get the man to stop the ride.

11. To whom does Asa try to give his school project vegetables?
(a) His mother.
(b) His friend's mother.
(c) The crossing guard.
(d) The bus driver.

12. Why does Asa try to move forward in the Show Night schedule?
(a) To finish so he can leave early.
(b) To finish because he is not feeling well.
(c) To finish before Joel sees him.
(d) To finish before the band sets up.

13. What does Asa do when he leaves the bungalow in the night?
(a) Looks for his mother everywhere.
(b) Rides the rollercoaster again.
(c) Walks along the ocean.
(d) Strolls along the boardwalk.

14. Why does Asa feel sad when he goes to Joel's house?
(a) Joel lives in a rundown house.
(b) He sees Joel sitting on the step by himself.
(c) Joel's father is in a wheelchair.
(d) He sees Joel playing with his siblings.

15. Why does Asa decide to recite Joel's poem with Joel?
(a) He wants to get a good grade.
(b) He wants to keep Joel as a friend.
(c) He wants to take the easy way out.
(d) He knows the program is running too long.

Short Answer Questions

1. Asa had always assumed that _________________________.

2. What is Asa doing at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. What does Bobby usually talk to Asa about?

4. What does Asa first notice about Dave?

5. What does the ride operator say when Asa returns to ride the roller coaster?

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