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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. Every day it is Asa's job to make sure his mother ____________________.
(a) eats her dinner.
(b) cooks supper.
(c) takes a shower.
(d) takes her pills.

2. Asa's mother tells him that being ______________ is as much a choice as anything else.
(a) being sad.
(b) being angry.
(c) being in love.
(d) being happy.

3. What does Asa tell Jean that will always mean something to him?
(a) The Christmas gift.
(b) Their phone calls.
(c) The love letters.
(d) The hearts.

4. Asa finds a prescription bottle for _____________ on the bathroom floor.
(a) Plavix.
(b) Midodrine.
(c) Seconal.
(d) Paxil.

5. Who is the boy who has declared his love for Jean?
(a) Randy Pickerel.
(b) Raymond Prod.
(c) Robert Pontiac.
(d) Richard Preston.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what city do Dave and Asa drive Asa's mother?

2. What stops Asa from initiating contact with Jean when he sees her?

3. Why does Dave need Asa's help in the night?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Asa love Jean and how has loving her changed his life?

5. How does Asa finally get the nice bedroom and why does Dave often walk in without knocking?

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

7. What grade is Asa in in "What Hearts" and who is the girl he loves?

8. What are the conditions in which Asa does not force his mother to take her medication?

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

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

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