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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jean say to Asa when he mentions the items in #176?
(a) I meant every word.
(b) Me too.
(c) What hearts.
(d) Thank you.

2. Which room does Dave not want Asa to have when they move into the big house?
(a) The large upstairs bedroom.
(b) The basement room.
(c) The small third floor room.
(d) The dormer room.

3. Which of the following is NOT a reason that Asa likes words?
(a) Words could take their meaning with them.
(b) Words could move right along with you.
(c) Words could rise away from circumstances.
(d) Spelling words always came easy to him.

4. Which Little League team has not scored a single run in the first four games of the season?
(a) The Pins Bowling Alley Strikers.
(b) The Quik-E-Freeze Cool Guys.
(c) The Portland Fire Department Flames.
(d) The HotHead Burritos Hot Heads.

5. What is Jean's demeanor when Asa calls him?
(a) Happy.
(b) Glum.
(c) Angry.
(d) Distracted.

6. How is Asa awakened in the middle of the night?
(a) Dave is shaking him.
(b) A police car siren.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) Someone pounding on the door.

7. Where had Asa's mother been for the last year?
(a) At his father's house.
(b) A psychiatric hospital.
(c) Visiting her mother.
(d) Vacationing with a friend.

8. What does Asa's mother let him do to try to help the car situation?
(a) Hitchhike back to a service station for help.
(b) Change the tire himself.
(c) Flag down a truck driver for help.
(d) Use his cell phone to call a tow truck.

9. Who practices baseball with Asa when he and Dave no longer go together?
(a) Coach Henderson.
(b) Asa's father.
(c) Mr. Kiley.
(d) Asa's mother.

10. What color of eyes does the girl in #140 have?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Gray.

11. On what part of Asa's body does Dave aim the baseball pitch?
(a) His ribs.
(b) His head.
(c) His leg.
(d) His arm.

12. Dave says that he did not love Asa at first because __________________.
(a) he had to.
(b) he was angry.
(c) he was jealous of him.
(d) he didn't know how.

13. What news does Asa's mother give him when he comes home from school?
(a) She has reconciled with his father.
(b) She is divorcing Dave.
(c) She is going to have a baby.
(d) She is going back to the hospital.

14. How does Asa retaliate for Dave's throwing a baseball at him?
(a) He spills his Coke in Dave's car.
(b) He throws a ball at Dave's ribs.
(c) He refuses to get in the car.
(d) He hits a fast ball over Dave's head.

15. Asa has been in his current school for how many years?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Asa in this story?

2. Asa wishes Dave would respect his __________________.

3. What does Dave want to do with Asa when he enters his room unannounced on a Saturday morning?

4. What does Asa's mother hint at regarding Dave?

5. What is in the box that Asa hold on his lap during the ride from the old house to the new one?

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