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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who yells that an express train is coming?
(a) Ira.
(b) Howie.
(c) Frankie.
(d) The Schwa.

2. Antsy remembers the Schwa when what falls on the floor from his mother's recipe cards?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A business card.
(c) A paperclip.
(d) A pencil.

3. Where do Antsy and Lexie go on their first date in the novel?
(a) Ice skating.
(b) A hockey game.
(c) The movies.
(d) A baseball game.

4. What does Lexie demand the manager of the restaurant do?
(a) Clean their table.
(b) Give her a refund.
(c) Read the menu to her.
(d) Call the police.

5. In Chapter 17, Lexie calls Antsy early in the morning to tell him that she has __________ planned for her grandfather.
(a) A night on the town.
(b) A nice dinner.
(c) A party.
(d) Trauma therapy.

6. Antsy realizes that his mother's _____________ are a way for her to feel like she has something for herself.
(a) Cooking classes.
(b) Hobbies.
(c) Household chores.
(d) Phot albums.

7. Whom does the Schwa say he is ending his friendship with in Chapter 14?
(a) Emily.
(b) Christina.
(c) Frankie.
(d) Antsy.

8. Where does the Schwa take Antsy in the abandoned part of the city?
(a) A magazine stand.
(b) A homeless shelter.
(c) An abandoned warehouse.
(d) A small diner.

9. When the Schwa hears the Night Butcher's story in Chapter 19, he is first shocked and then __________.
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Jealous.

10. What does Antsy's dad tell his family that Antsy's mother is going to start taking?
(a) Anti-depressant medication.
(b) Accounting classes.
(c) Firearms training.
(d) French cooking classes.

11. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Protagonist.
(c) Simile.
(d) Foreshadowing.

12. In what section of a work of literature is basic internal conflict complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts and obstacles that frustrate the protagonist's attempt to reach his goal?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Falling action.
(c) Rising action.
(d) Denouement.

13. What had the Schwa's mother gone to get when she disappeared and never returned?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Beef.
(d) Beer.

14. What does the Schwa's father show him at the end of Chapter 20?
(a) Some photographs.
(b) A home movie.
(c) Letters from his mother.
(d) A newspaper article.

15. In Chapter 20, what do Antsy's parents ask when he arrives home?
(a) What the weather outside is like.
(b) Why he is home late.
(c) Where he has been.
(d) How he is feeling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is there no traffic on the expressway in Chapter 18, "Larger Than Life, in Your Face, Undeniable Schwa"?

2. Where does Antsy take the spiritual man he asks for help from in Chapter 15?

3. Where was the Schwa when his mother went missing?

4. What does Antsy take to Old Man Crawley's that was cooked by his father?

5. Antsy tells his mother he would never want her to ______________.

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