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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes it easy for Asa to get new friends?
(a) He is very funny.
(b) He is nice to the geeks.
(c) He is shy at first.
(d) He has moved around a lot.

2. Asa can see that the boys in class are waving __________________.
(a) pinwheels.
(b) cardboard swords.
(c) their hands.
(d) flags.

3. What day is it at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) The last day of school.
(c) The first day of school.
(d) Moving day.

4. Asa's life is like the roller coaster in that it ___________________.
(a) looks scarier at night.
(b) veers off in different directions.
(c) makes a lot of noise.
(d) is really exciting.

5. Who is the comic book freak in Asa's class?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Jeremy.
(c) Evan.
(d) Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Show Night for the students?

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

3. What is the name of the new poem which Asa wants to recite?

4. What does Asa do in his determination to make Dave like him?

5. What agreement do Asa and Joel's mother make regarding Joel's participation in Show Night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Show Night, and who is Asa teamed with to do a presentation?

2. Why does Joel's mother call Asa, and what does she offer to do regarding Joel and the poem?

3. What helps Asa make new friends in his class?

4. Who is Asa's fourth grade teacher and why does he like her?

5. What news does Asa get from his mother when he returns home from school, and how does he respond to the news?

6. What does Asa realize when he awakens in the night in the bungalow?

7. Who is Asa, and what is he doing as the novel begins?

8. What has Asa learned about making friends as a side benefit of his moving around so much?

9. What is Dave's demeanor after Asa's mother gets Asa off the roller coaster ride?

10. Why is Asa so desperate to be liked by his classmates?

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