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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the better of the two cooks arguing in Chapter 10?
(a) Lexie.
(b) Old Man Crawley.
(c) Antsy's mother.
(d) Antsy's father.

2. What happens when Antsy runs into the apartment in Chapter 5?
(a) The Schwa jumps out the window.
(b) Christina lights a torch.
(c) The dogs run to him.
(d) His mother screams.

3. How old was the Schwa when his mother disappeared?
(a) 5.
(b) 11.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

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

5. What has Old Man Crawley named his dogs after?
(a) The seven sins and seven virtues.
(b) Trees and flowers.
(c) Constellations.
(d) Gems and minerals.

6. Old Man Crawley tells Antsy and the Schwa that they will have to work off their debt for breaking into his house by doing what chore?
(a) Washing his car.
(b) Pulling weeds out of the garden.
(c) Walking his dogs.
(d) Cleaning the house.

7. Where is the Schwa hiding when Old Man Crawley discovers him and Antsy in his home?
(a) In the garage.
(b) In the bathroom.
(c) Behind a curtain.
(d) Under a desk.

8. Why is the Schwa unable to steal a bowl from Old Man Crawley's home in Chapter 5?
(a) It is too heavy.
(b) It is nailed to the floor.
(c) Because there is a dog attached.
(d) He couldn't find one.

9. 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) Greed.
(b) Pride.
(c) Lust.
(d) Sloth.

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

11. Old Man Crawley owns what kind of business?
(a) A bank.
(b) A bread bakery.
(c) A butcher shop.
(d) A restaurant.

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

13. According to Lexie in Chapter 9, who should start being her escort?
(a) Howie.
(b) The Schwa.
(c) Old Man Crawley.
(d) Wendell Tiggor.

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

15. What is Antsy's father the most passionate about in the novel?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Banking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of dogs does Old Man Crawley have?

2. Lexie tells Antsy and the Schwa that she wants to change whom?

3. The Schwa invites Antsy over for dinner and shows him a clip he got that was supposedly _________.

4. How is Old Man Crawley related to Lexie in the novel?

5. A girl agrees to pay to see the Schwa do what in Chapter 4?

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