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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Show Night for the students?

2. How many stories are contained within "What Hearts"?

3. What is Asa's mood at the beginning of Chapter 1?

4. Asa had always assumed that _________________________.

5. The poem Joel wants to recite is about _______________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dave's demeanor after Asa's mother gets Asa off the roller coaster ride?

2. How does Dave behave with Asa around, and what does Asa's mother do to try to minimize Dave's bad behavior?

3. What is the purpose of Asa's imagining the second roller coaster ride?

4. How does Asa react to the roller coaster ride?

5. What helps Asa make new friends in his class?

6. Who is Asa, and what is he doing as the novel begins?

7. What do Dave, Asa and Asa's mother do after dinner on their first night together?

8. What does it show about Asa's character when he decides to recite the old poem with Joel at his side?

9. Where does Asa go in the middle of the night, and what does he do?

10. What city will Asa be leaving and where will he be going to live with his mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bruce Brooks is a master at dramatic devices. Choose an example of symbolism, metaphor, and irony, and briefly describe them and identify the technique which they embody.

Essay Topic 2

Describe Asa's troubling relationship with Dave. How does Dave treat Asa? How does Asa try to rise above the conflict in this important relationship? What does Asa learn--good and bad--through his relationship with Dave?

Essay Topic 3

The author used more than one iteration on the theme of loss. Identify at least two examples about loss in the book and then explain why the examples support the theme.

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