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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Asa's mood at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Scared.

2. What does Asa see when he runs into the apartment?
(a) His bike.
(b) Racks of clothes.
(c) It is empty.
(d) Boxes of dishes.

3. What does Asa order at the restaurant when he goes with his mother and stepfather?
(a) Nachos.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Pancakes.
(d) Pizza.

4. Why does Asa get frustrated at working on a poem with Joel?
(a) Joel gets distracted by the TV.
(b) Joel won't come away from his computer.
(c) Joel just wants to crack jokes.
(d) Joel has a hard time memorizing the lines.

5. How many stories are contained within "What Hearts"?
(a) 7.
(b) 11.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

6. What does Asa do when he sees Joel enter the auditorium?
(a) He stomps off the stage.
(b) He decides to recite the poem that Joel knows.
(c) He asks to be excused.
(d) He starts reciting his new poem.

7. What do Dave and Asa do while Asa's mother phones his father?
(a) Stand outside the telephone booth.
(b) Walk on the beach.
(c) Eat ice cream cones.
(d) Shoot pool.

8. What does Asa do when the balloon bursts?
(a) He continues to hold the string.
(b) He throws it into the ocean.
(c) He throws it in a trash can.
(d) He puts it into his pocket.

9. Who is going to introduce Asa to his new class?
(a) His mother.
(b) The substitute teacher.
(c) The teacher.
(d) The principal.

10. Why does Joel have a rubber band around his ankles?
(a) To keep his pants out of the bicycle spokes.
(b) To set a trend.
(c) To keep his papers from blowing away.
(d) To keep his socks up.

11. Why does Asa feel sad when he goes to Joel's house?
(a) Joel's father is in a wheelchair.
(b) He sees Joel sitting on the step by himself.
(c) Joel lives in a rundown house.
(d) He sees Joel playing with his siblings.

12. Asa's life is like the roller coaster in that it ___________________.
(a) is really exciting.
(b) veers off in different directions.
(c) makes a lot of noise.
(d) looks scarier at night.

13. What makes it easy for Asa to get new friends?
(a) He is nice to the geeks.
(b) He has moved around a lot.
(c) He is very funny.
(d) He is shy at first.

14. What does the ride operator say when Asa returns to ride the roller coaster?
(a) Feeling brave.
(b) I'll be damned.
(c) What the hell.
(d) Wonders never cease.

15. How old is Asa at the beginning of the story?
(a) 13.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Mrs. Brock named the classroom for Show Night?

2. Who is Dave?

3. What is the name of the poem Asa is to recite with the boy in #65?

4. What vegetable has Asa grown as a class project?

5. Who is Asa's new teacher?

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