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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Antsy tells Old Man Crawley about the Schwa problem, Old Man Crawley's advice is to ______________.
(a) Pay the Schwa to leave town.
(b) Find the Schwa a girlfriend.
(c) Take a vacation with the Schwa.
(d) Cut the Schwa loose.

2. Whom does Antsy confide in about his worries of the Schwa in Chapter 15?
(a) Lexie.
(b) Old Man Crawley.
(c) Howie.
(d) Wendell Tiggor.

3. What is outside Antsy's house when he arrives in Chapter 20?
(a) Fire engines.
(b) Police cars.
(c) A delivery truck.
(d) A cab.

4. Antsy is relieved after his father calls a family meeting, because he feared he was going to announce what in Chapter 13?
(a) His parents were getting divorced.
(b) A family vacation.
(c) The family was moving.
(d) A list of chores.

5. Who gets Manny Bullpucky's head back from a lady who found it in her hedge for Antsy in Chapter 13?
(a) Howie.
(b) The Schwa.
(c) Ira.
(d) Frankie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Antsy say he will get home in Chapter 11, "The Youngest Doctor in Sheepshead Bay Gets Held Hostage When He Least Expects It"?

2. Who ended up running away with Schwa's mother, according to the Night Butcher?

3. What name is given to a spiritual man who uses metal rods to find the presence of water and spirits?

4. How has Old Man Crawley injured himself in Chapter 11?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of "Radiation Therapy" in the title of Chapter 19?

2. What does Lexie inform Antsy when she calls in Chapter 17? Whom does she suggest for him to call?

3. How is Manny Bullpucky a metaphorical representation of the Schwa?

4. How are Crawley's fears relative to the Schwa?

5. Where is Old Man Crawley taken in Chapter 17?

6. What does Antsy's father announce at a family meeting in Chapter 13?

7. What advice does Old Man Crawley give for the Schwa?

8. How does the Schwa describe his mother's disappearance in Chapter 14?

9. What conversation takes place between Antsy and Lexie when he walks her home in Chapter 13?

10. What does the Night Butcher reveal about the Schwa's mother in Chapter 19?

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