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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. Asa's mother tells him that being ______________ is as much a choice as anything else.

2. How does Asa retaliate for Dave's throwing a baseball at him?

3. What does Asa love about playing baseball?

4. Who practices baseball with Asa when he and Dave no longer go together?

5. What happens to the car when Dave is driving Asa and his mother to Raleigh?

Short Essay Questions

1. How well is the game going for Asa and his Little League team and what good plays does Asa make?

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

3. How does the author let the reader have some sympathy for Dave as a result of his relationship with Asa's mother?

4. What does Asa's mother tell him about love when he tells her that he is in love with someone?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"What Hearts" is a classic example of a coming-of-age story. What does that classification entail? Why does this book fit into this category?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Asa's method of making friends when he goes to a new school. What tricks does Asa employ to learn about new people? What does Asa know about how to treat people that most other kids his age do not know?

Essay Topic 3

What is the greatest lesson Asa learns from Dave? Is it that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Asa always recall about his life with Dave as his stepfather?

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