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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the boys meet to discuss the Schwa in Chapter 2?
(a) The library.
(b) Howie's house.
(c) A city park.
(d) Antsy's house.

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

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

4. Antsy takes Lexie to what kind of concert in Chapter 9?
(a) Gospel concert.
(b) Rock concert.
(c) Rap concert.
(d) Salsa concert.

5. What refers to the medical use of ionizing radiation, generally used as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells?
(a) Trauma therapy.
(b) Compassion therapy.
(c) Nature therapy.
(d) Radiation therapy.

6. The Schwa attempts to appeal to Antsy on grounds of their friendship to let him ______________.
(a) Walk all of the dogs himself.
(b) Hang out with Lexie alone.
(c) Not play video games.
(d) Walk none of the dogs.

7. In Chapter 10, who comes and finds Antsy at lunch?
(a) Antsy's mother.
(b) The Schwa.
(c) Old Man Crawley.
(d) Antsy's father.

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

9. A girl agrees to pay to see the Schwa do what in Chapter 4?
(a) Play a basketball game.
(b) Leave the room without being noticed.
(c) Walk behind the techer.
(d) Appear from thin air.

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

11. In Chapter 8, Lexie tells the Schwa that he has a face like ___________.
(a) A pane of glass.
(b) Waves on the ocean.
(c) The surface of the moon.
(d) Sweet-cream ice-cream.

12. Off what bridge do Antsy and his friends decide to throw the dummy for their first test?
(a) The Brooklyn Bridge.
(b) The Alexander Hamilton Bridge.
(c) The Empire Bridge.
(d) The Marine Park Bridge.

13. On what day of the week do a bunch of kids gather outside Crawley's apartment to watch the Schwa's dare in Chapter 5?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Thursday.

14. Who is very unfriendly to the Schwa in his first appearance and tells his friends that the Schwa is almost invisible and that people forget about him?
(a) Lexie.
(b) Antsy.
(c) Howie.
(d) Ira.

15. Who in the novel is mentally handicapped due to brain trauma?
(a) The Schwa's father.
(b) The Schwa's Mother.
(c) Old Man Crawley.
(d) Howie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Antsy and his friends get the Schwa to do in the boys' bathroom?

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

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

4. Lexie can tell when the Schwa is present more than others in the novel for what reason?

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

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