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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 does Asa think is the problem with playing the second baseball game of the evening?
(a) The sun gets in his eyes.
(b) Nobody comes to watch.
(c) The lights are too bright.
(d) The dew makes the grass slick.

2. Where does Asa find Jean alone so that he can tell her that he loves her?
(a) The auditorium.
(b) A classroom.
(c) A hallway.
(d) The soccer field.

3. What does Asa notice about Coach Henderson when the coach is mad that Asa never noticed before?
(a) The coach spits when he talks fast.
(b) The coach's teeth are crooked.
(c) The coach has a bulging vein on his forehead.
(d) The coach is bald.

4. Why do Asa and his mother have to return home instead of going to Raleigh?
(a) Asa's mother forgot some of her clothes.
(b) The tire for the car won't be available until tomorrow.
(c) Dave forgot about a meeting he has tonight.
(d) Asa has the flu and needs to go to bed.

5. What does Dave want to do with Asa when he enters his room unannounced on a Saturday morning?
(a) Play football.
(b) Play golf.
(c) Watch cartoons.
(d) Go fishing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jean happy when Asa calls her?

2. In terms of interacting with Asa, Dave can best be described as ___________________.

3. What do Dave and Asa's mother argue about as they are moving into the house?

4. What reason does Asa think that Dave does not want Asa to have the room in #106?

5. Dave always walks into Asa's room without knocking as though expecting to catch Asa ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dave not want Asa to get the nice upstairs bedroom in the new house?

3. In what area do Asa and Dave build some sort of relationship?

4. What is Jean's reaction when Asa tells her he loves her?

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

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

7. What does Asa's mother tell him about love when he tells her that he is in love with someone?

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

9. Where do Dave and Asa take Asa's mother after she tried to commit suicide and what event will Asa miss as a result?

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

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