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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14, 'A Russian Train, a Pulsing Vein, and My Mother's Bag of Snails' and 'More Than I Ever Wanted to Know About the Schwa's Childhood'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story, or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or an intangible quality or idea?
(a) Catalyst.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Plot structure.
(d) Antagonist.

2. Who dares the Schwa to sneak into Old Man Crawley's apartment in Chapter 4?
(a) Wendell Tiggor.
(b) Howie.
(c) Ira.
(d) Antsy.

3. The third experiment that Antsy and his friends carry out with the Schwa in Chapter 3 is to ______________.
(a) Pass through airport security with an iron bar in his pocket.
(b) Pass through airport security with a gun.
(c) Break into a local bank.
(d) Sneak into Old Man Crawley's house.

4. Antsy is in charge of walking Old Man Crawley's dogs that are named after __________.
(a) The seven deadly sins.
(b) The seven virtues.
(c) Flowering plants.
(d) Minerals.

5. Who is the narrator in The Schwa Was Here?
(a) The Schwa's father.
(b) Old Man Crawley.
(c) Lexie.
(d) Antsy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Schwa is referred to as being __________.

2. Who in the novel is mentally handicapped due to brain trauma?

3. One of the treasured items collected by the Schwa once held together what document?

4. What does the Schwa show Antsy from the day his mother disappeared?

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

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