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

2. What does Asa do in his room as he practices the poem Joel wants to recite?
(a) Listens to music.
(b) Rolls on the floor.
(c) Toots his trumpet.
(d) Jumps on his bed.

3. What does the ride operator say when Asa returns to ride the roller coaster?
(a) Feeling brave.
(b) Wonders never cease.
(c) I'll be damned.
(d) What the hell.

4. What does Asa do when he rides the roller coaster the second time?
(a) He faints.
(b) He stands up.
(c) He vomits.
(d) He goes silent.

5. Who is Asa's stepfather?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Jim.
(c) Phil.
(d) Dave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Dave and Asa do while Asa's mother phones his father?

2. What has the librarian given to Asa?

3. Why does Asa feel sad when he goes to Joel's house?

4. Which of the following is NOT something Asa showed off with on the playground?

5. What was the name of Asa's Little League team?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Asa react to the roller coaster ride?

3. Why does Asa revert to the old poem and include Joel in the recitation?

4. How does Dave behave with Asa around, and what does Asa's mother do to try to minimize Dave's bad behavior?

5. How does Asa try to endear Dave to him when they meet?

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

7. What city will Asa be leaving and where will he be going to live with his mother?

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

9. What problem does Joel have with the new poem?

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

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