Heartbeat

Details about Dave's attempt to gain body mass suggest that he...

• is strong and healthy but not athletic

• is lazy and doesn't care about how he looks

• is disciplined and determined to reach his goal.

• is a bad soccer player

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

• At the party, Dave realized that looking thicker isn't really important

• He got way too hot from all of the shirts

• His white shirts all turned pink

• He left his clothes at the party

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

• Dave is a bad athlete.

• Dave wears too many shirts.

• Dave's nickname is Heartbeat.

• Dave struggles to think correctly about his body image.

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How can you tell that Dave is motivated by other people's feelings rather than his own?

• Dave says, "I got ridiculously defined, but I wasn't gaining weight."

• Dave says, "I didn't care about getting stronger if nobody could tell."

• Dave says, "I need a new ski jacket."

• Dave says, "A car horn honks 10 minutes later and I still haven't decided on an outfit."

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How does Dave's dad show that he doesn't believe that Dave is actually getting larger?

• He tells Dave that he still looks like "his little boy."

• He takes a picture of Dave.

• He yells at Dave for lying to him.

• He refuses to buy him a new ski jacket.

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How does being at the party affect Dave's actions?

• He is no longer sweaty.

• He made a bunch of new friends.

• He realizes how "free" he feels when he removes all of the shirts. He's free enough to dance.

• He finally got a girlfriend.

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How do Dave's feelings about Sarah change?

• He decides he hates her.

• He realizes she is mean.

• He was mad that Sarah wasn't at the party.

• Dave realizes that if Sarah had fallen in love with him WITH the padding, she wouldn't like the "real Dave."

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At the end of the story, how do we know that Dave resolved his conflict?

• He is skinny.

• He calls himself "lean and mean," rather than "disgustingly thin."

• He goes to a party.

• He wears all of the clothes.

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Sarah, the girl I have a crush on, said "Oh my gosh...you are so skinny." She was visibly _______________ by my sunken chest.

• metabolism

• repulsed

• delirious

• futile

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I forced myself to swallow the daily caloric intake of 3 overweight men and still wasn't able to increase my mass. I have a ridiculously fast _____________.

• moot

• repulse

• futile

• metabolism

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