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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 does Dave do one day during baseball practice when he becomes annoyed with Asa?

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason that Asa likes words?

3. What does Jean do when the teacher announces that Asa is leaving?

4. What does Asa think is the problem with playing the second baseball game of the evening?

5. What is Asa's mother doing on most days when he comes home from school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the encounter between Dave and Asa in the backyard on the night before Asa leaves?

2. How does the author let the reader have some sympathy for Dave as a result of his relationship with Asa's mother?

3. Why does Asa's mother decide that she no longer wants to take her antidepressant medication?

4. What is the nature of Asa's mother's illness and what impact has it had on Asa's transient life?

5. Why does Asa have to pack his things on the day he tells Jean he loves her?

6. How does the story, "Out" begin and what is the content of the story?

7. How does Asa's mother try to kill herself in one night?

8. What is Asa's mother's psychological condition and what responsibility does Asa have for her on a daily basis?

9. What sport does Dave not like very much but he agrees to help Asa practice so Asa can try out for a team?

10. Why does Asa find it impossible to tell Dave that he loves him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Dave. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were his dreams and fears? What was most valuable to him in his world?

Essay Topic 3

Explain Asa's method of making friends when he goes to a new school. What tricks does Asa employ to learn about new people? What does Asa know about how to treat people that most other kids his age do not know?

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