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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 does Asa's mother hint at regarding Dave?

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

3. Which room does Dave not want Asa to have when they move into the big house?

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

5. Who is in the stands watching Asa's Little League game?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Jean. What is her role in the story, "What Hearts"? What was the author trying to accomplish by developing Jean's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What is the greatest lesson Asa learns from Jean? Is it that important lessons are also painful ones? What will Asa always recall about his first love?

Essay Topic 3

"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?

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