Heartbeat: A Short Story by David Yoo

What aspect of Dave’s personality most affects the plot of the story?

• He wants to fit in.

• He likes to work out.

• He likes to go to parties.

• He wants to be an athlete.

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What change in Dave leads to the story’s resolution?

• He starts going to parties.

• He starts wearing nice clothes.

• He stops caring what people think.

• He stops doing nice things for others.

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Which of the following is an example of foreshadowing?

• The author compares Dave’s layers of clothing to a male girdle.

• The author explains why Dave was given a nickname by his friends.

• The author hints that Dave will start wearing more and more clothing.

• The author reveals Dave’s activities during Dave’s holiday break from school.

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Which scene creates a feeling of suspense for the reader?

• Dave feels anxious as he talks to the girl at the party.

• Dave accidentally wears two shirts under his rugby shirt.

• Dave constantly weighs himself to see if he is getting any bigger.

• Dave starts doing pushups and curling free weights in the evenings.

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Which of these elements helps identify this selection as realistic fiction?

• The main character with an internal conflict

• The first-person point of view

• The recognizable setting

• The positive ending

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Read this sentence about the story.

His layers of clothing makes him sweat.

What change needs to be made in this sentence?

• Change makes to make

• Change layers to layer

• Change clothing to clothings

• No change needs to be made.

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Read this sentence about the story.

The kids at school tease the narrator about his weight.

What change should be made in this sentence?

• Change tease to teases

• Change kids to kid

• Change narrator to narrators

• No change should be made.

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Why is the party scene important to the story’s plot?

• At the party, Dave realizes that looking thicker isn’t really important.

• Dave loses his extra clothing, and his deception is revealed.

• While dancing with Sarah, Dave is able to say how he feels about her.

• Dave’s friends finally express their appreciation of him there.

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Which of these best sums up the conflict in the story?

• Dave struggles to get the respect of his classmates.

• Dave struggles to gain control of his metabolism.

• Dave struggles to think correctly about his body image.

• Dave struggles to persuade Sarah to accept him as he is.

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What is the best summary of the story?

• Dave struggles with a self-esteem issue about his looks. To impress a girl he likes, he begins wearing extra clothing to look bigger. After realizing how miserable this change has made him, he decides it’s better to just be himself.

• Dave is nicknamed “Heartbeat” by the kids at school because he is so skinny. Because this really bothers him, he begins to have a self esteem problem. He decides to wear extra clothes to appear bigger.

• Dave starts wearing extra clothing to appear bigger because he wants to impress a girl he likes. The other kids at school seem to like him more. He goes to a party and almost suffocates which makes him decide to return to wearing his normal clothes.

• After wearing extra clothes to look bigger to his friends, Dave thinks he is impressing a girl he likes. He goes to a party one night when he seems to get her attention.

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