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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-22, 'Why I Started Vandalizing Brooklyn' and 'My Anonymous Contribution to Popular Culture and to My Parents' Phone Bill'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the seven capital sins is defined as spiritual or emotional apathy?
(a) Pride.
(b) Greed.
(c) Lust.
(d) Sloth.

2. Old Man Crawley is famous for an incident in which he took revenge on children for_________.
(a) Scratching his car.
(b) Baking cakes.
(c) Egging his apartment.
(d) Coloring easter eggs.

3. What do Antsy and his friends get the Schwa to wear in the boys' bathroom?
(a) High heels.
(b) An orange sombrero.
(c) A ski mask.
(d) A bikini.

4. Where did the Schwa's mother disappear from when the Schwa was young?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A church.
(d) A farmer's market.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the "unbreakable" dummy Antsy's father asks him to test?

2. Who is the narrator in The Schwa Was Here?

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

4. Of what heritage is Ira in the novel?

5. What was apparently the original name of the Schwa family in the Old World?

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