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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-16, 'Vortex in Aisle Three - Can Someone Please Clean Up the Ectoplasmic Slime?' and 'A Late-Night Trip to the Land of Beef That Could Turn a Person into a Vegetarian'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much do the student officers agree to pay a week to keep the Schwa on retainer?
(a) $20.
(b) $50.
(c) $10.
(d) $100.

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

3. Whom does Antsy tell off in Chapter 14?
(a) Schwa's father.
(b) His mother.
(c) The Schwa's mother.
(d) His father.

4. When Antsy witnesses another of his parents' rows at home, he realizes that he is also like a ____________.
(a) Car tire.
(b) Coffee filter.
(c) Squirrel.
(d) Paperclip.

5. What refers to an area to the side and slightly behind a driver's field of vision that is not reflected in the vehicle's rear view mirror?
(a) Triangle of death.
(b) Blind spot.
(c) Danger quadrant.
(d) Suspicion area.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Schwa collect?

2. Who among Antsy's friends is a literal-minded boy who lacks common sense, yet seems to store a lot of facts in his head?

3. Antsy cannot go during the day to the supermarket to talk to the Night Butcher because the manager has banned him from the store for what reason?

4. 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?

5. What do Lexie and Antsy tell the manager of the supermarket they are doing a report on in Chapter 15?

(see the answer key)

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