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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 news does Asa's mother give him when he comes home from school?
(a) She is going to have a baby.
(b) She has reconciled with his father.
(c) She is divorcing Dave.
(d) She is going back to the hospital.

2. What does Jean say to Asa when he mentions the items in #176?
(a) Me too.
(b) What hearts.
(c) I meant every word.
(d) Thank you.

3. Which room does Dave not want Asa to have when they move into the big house?
(a) The small third floor room.
(b) The large upstairs bedroom.
(c) The dormer room.
(d) The basement room.

4. What sports do Asa and Dave build their relationship on?
(a) Football and golf.
(b) Football and basketball.
(c) Football and baseball.
(d) Football and soccer.

5. What is Dave holding when he enters Asa's room unannounced one Saturday morning?
(a) A book.
(b) A McDonald's breakfast.
(c) A football.
(d) Car keys.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what part of Asa's body does Dave aim the baseball pitch?

3. Which Little League team has not scored a single run in the first four games of the season?

4. What does Dave do one day during baseball practice when he becomes annoyed with Asa?

5. What does Asa tell Jean that will always mean something to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why do Asa and his mother not end up moving into the apartment in Raleigh?

6. How does the story, "Out" begin and what is the content of the story?

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

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

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

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

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