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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 old is Asa in this story?
(a) 16.
(b) 13.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

2. What does Asa love about playing baseball?
(a) Wearing the uniform.
(b) Being on deck.
(c) Getting ice cream after the game.
(d) Singing the national anthem.

3. What do Asa's cousins do that bothers him?
(a) Wear his clothes without asking.
(b) Use up his cell minutes.
(c) Crease his comic books.
(d) Jump on his bed.

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

5. What does Dave say to Asa when Asa sees him in the backyard?
(a) He loves him.
(b) He is glad he is leaving.
(c) He will always worry about him.
(d) He hopes he learned something from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Asa knows that ______________ scrutinizes everything he does during a ballgame.

2. What is Asa's mother shocked to see on his body?

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

4. When are Asa and his mother moving out of the house?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so unusual about Asa's being in the same school for three years and what has Jean observed about Asa during this time?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Asa's mother start practicing baseball with Asa and what is she shocked to see when Asa's is shirtless one day?

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

8. What is Jean's surprising reaction to Asa's phone call, and why does Asa not get down about it?

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

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

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