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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What breaks off the dummy when Antsy and his friends throw it off a bridge in their first experiment?
(a) The arm.
(b) The hand.
(c) The foot.
(d) The head.

2. What is the name of the "unbreakable" dummy Antsy's father asks him to test?
(a) Stanley Stump.
(b) Orville Ox.
(c) Diamond Dave.
(d) Manny Bullpucky.

3. Where does Antsy's family live?
(a) Brooklyn, New York.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Burlington, Vermont.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

4. In the novel, the urinal strainer found in most bathrooms is a product of what company?
(a) Smell Away.
(b) Pisher Plastics.
(c) Johnson Sanitation.
(d) Robert's Fresh and Go.

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

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

7. What does Old Man Crawley say he will do if Antsy and the Schwa do not turn up to work each day after school?
(a) Have their fathers fired.
(b) Call the police.
(c) Get them in trouble at school.
(d) Call their parents.

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

9. Of what heritage is Antsy's family?
(a) Italian.
(b) Australian.
(c) Polish.
(d) Russian.

10. Lexie points out to Antsy that their outing isn't really a date for what reason?
(a) They didn't go to dinner first.
(b) He did not pick the destination.
(c) He's being paid to entertain her.
(d) She is not having fun.

11. Who points out the Schwa when he raises his hand in class in Chapter 3?
(a) Ira.
(b) Howie.
(c) Antsy.
(d) Frankie.

12. The Schwa invites Antsy over for dinner and shows him a clip he got that was supposedly _________.
(a) In Abraham Lincoln's desk.
(b) The moon.
(c) The Titanic.
(d) In Hitler's desk.

13. Antsy takes Lexie out to ____________ in Chapter 8.
(a) Eat dinner.
(b) Watch a movie.
(c) Fly kites.
(d) Walk on the beach.

14. Who throws the dummy off the bridge in the boys' first experiment?
(a) The Schwa.
(b) Antsy.
(c) Howie.
(d) Ira.

15. 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?
(a) Lust.
(b) Pride.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose heritage does Old Man Crawley insult, saying his 'breeding' is bad?

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

3. Antsy and his friends determine that how many students notice the Schwa in a classroom?

4. 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?

5. Ira has ambitions to become a _________ when he grows up.

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