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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 do Antsy and his friends intend to do with the plastic dummy when they meet up in Chapter 3?
(a) Put it in a garbage disposal.
(b) Wrap it in firecrackers.
(c) Try to saw it in half.
(d) Set fire to it.

2. How old was the Schwa when his mother went missing?
(a) 7.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

3. What school does Lexie attend while staying at Old Man Crawley's home?
(a) Academy for the Gifted.
(b) Academy for the Rich.
(c) Academy for the Deaf.
(d) Academy for the Blind.

4. Who ejects the video game and breaks it in half, then storms out in Chapter 7?
(a) Ira.
(b) Antsy.
(c) The Schwa.
(d) Howie.

5. What is the Schwa dared to bring back from Old Man Crawley's home in Chapter 4?
(a) A mixing bowl.
(b) A dog bowl.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A soup bowl.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, children put bets on dares such as having the Schwa enter what location?

2. Which of the seven deadly sins is defined as an excessive desire to possess wealth, goods, or abstract things of value with the intention to keep it for one's self?

3. Antsy tries to persuade the Schwa that he will not ___________ someday, but the Schwa does not believe him.

4. What is Antsy's father the most passionate about in the novel?

5. Old Man Crawley puts the Schwa in charge of walking his dogs named after __________.

(see the answer key)

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