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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, children put bets on dares such as having the Schwa enter what location?
(a) The girls' locker room.
(b) Their parents' closets.
(c) The sorority house.
(d) The principal's office.

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

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?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Plot structure.
(d) Catalyst.

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

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 mixing bowl.
(d) A dagger.

7. Who films the throwing of the dummy off the bridge with his video camera?
(a) Howie.
(b) The Schwa.
(c) Antsy.
(d) Ira.

8. Antsy is in charge of walking Old Man Crawley's dogs that are named after __________.
(a) The seven deadly sins.
(b) The seven virtues.
(c) Flowering plants.
(d) Minerals.

9. What do Antsy and his friends get the Schwa to do in the boys' bathroom?
(a) Cartwheels.
(b) Perform a rap duet.
(c) Perform the President's speech.
(d) Sing a patriotic song.

10. Who is at the kitchen table when Antsy wakes up in Chapter 10?
(a) The Schwa.
(b) Old Man Crawley.
(c) Antsy's father.
(d) Antsy's mother.

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

12. What school does Lexie attend while staying at Old Man Crawley's home?
(a) Academy for the Blind.
(b) Academy for the Rich.
(c) Academy for the Deaf.
(d) Academy for the Gifted.

13. Ira has ambitions to become a _________ when he grows up.
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Senator.
(c) Director.
(d) Doctor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, who comes and finds Antsy at lunch?

2. 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?

3. Where is the Schwa hiding when Old Man Crawley discovers him and Antsy in his home?

4. Where did the Schwa's mother disappear from when the Schwa was young?

5. Where do the boys meet to discuss the Schwa in Chapter 2?

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