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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. Why does Dave need Asa's help in the night?
(a) Because the storm has knocked the power out.
(b) Because Asa's mother took an overdose of sleeping pills.
(c) Because the basement is flooding.
(d) Because a friend needs a ride to the hospital.

2. What does Jean do when the teacher announces that Asa is leaving?
(a) She cries.
(b) She curses him.
(c) She yells.
(d) She runs from the room.

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

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) Asa has the flu and needs to go to bed.
(c) The tire for the car won't be available until tomorrow.
(d) Dave forgot about a meeting he has tonight.

5. What is the name of the hospital where Asa's mother is being taken?
(a) Butner Hospital.
(b) Raleigh Psychiatric.
(c) Taylor Regional Hospital.
(d) Chapel Hill Hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the boy who has declared his love for Jean?

2. What does Asa smell in the house when he returns home from school?

3. What does Asa love about playing baseball?

4. Asa has been in his current school for how many years?

5. What book is Asa reading in his room one Saturday morning when Dave walks in unannounced?

Short Essay Questions

1. What position does Asa play on his Little League team and how good of a player is he?

2. Who gives Asa the candy hearts and how is the loving mood broken by the teacher's announcement?

3. Why does Asa find it impossible to tell Dave that he loves him?

4. What is the name of Asa's Little League team and who are they playing in the game in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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