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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had the Schwa's mother gone to get when she disappeared and never returned?
(a) Beer.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Beef.

2. When the Schwa returns home, whom does he ask about?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

3. What do Antsy and his friends decide to do with the plastic dummy in order to test it?
(a) Push it in front of a subway train.
(b) Throw it off a bridge.
(c) Put it in a freezer.
(d) Drag it behind a cab.

4. Who ended up running away with Schwa's mother, according to the Night Butcher?
(a) The store manager.
(b) One of the checkers.
(c) A bread distributor.
(d) The Day Butcher.

5. Who answers the door anxiously when Antsy goes to Crawley's apartment to walk the dogs in Chapter 11?
(a) Antsy's mother.
(b) Antsy's father.
(c) The Schwa.
(d) Lexie.

6. What does Antsy tell his mother while helping her cook in Chapter 15?
(a) She is appreciated.
(b) She is cutting the carrots wrong.
(c) The details of the Schwa effect.
(d) He likes Lexie.

7. Where do Antsy and Lexie go on their first date in the novel?
(a) Ice skating.
(b) A baseball game.
(c) A hockey game.
(d) The movies.

8. How does Antsy say he will get home in Chapter 11, "The Youngest Doctor in Sheepshead Bay Gets Held Hostage When He Least Expects It"?
(a) By cab.
(b) By bike.
(c) By subway.
(d) By walking.

9. What has Frankie gotten in trouble for in Chapter 20?
(a) Transporting drugs.
(b) Hitting a police officer.
(c) Robbing a bank.
(d) Driving while drunk.

10. For how long did the Schwa rent the billboard?
(a) Six months.
(b) A year.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

11. What does Antsy's dad tell his family that Antsy's mother is going to start taking?
(a) Firearms training.
(b) Anti-depressant medication.
(c) French cooking classes.
(d) Accounting classes.

12. Whom does Lexie tell Antsy to call and invite along in the morning in Chapter 17?
(a) Old Man Crawley.
(b) The Schwa.
(c) The Night Butcher.
(d) Howie.

13. What does the Schwa's father show him at the end of Chapter 20?
(a) Some photographs.
(b) Letters from his mother.
(c) A home movie.
(d) A newspaper article.

14. Where does Antsy finally find the Schwa in Chapter 18?
(a) The pier.
(b) The school.
(c) Antsy's house.
(d) Crawley's restaurant.

15. What does the club that Lexie tells Antsy she is a member of do in Chapter 12?
(a) Radio broadcasts.
(b) Prints things in Braille.
(c) Knits sweaters.
(d) Targets anti-blind establishments.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Antsy believe will be upset when Lexie kisses him?

2. What does the Night Butcher say Schwa's mother did at the meat counter on the day she disappeared?

3. When Antsy finds Crawley in Chapter 11, Antsy gives the old man some of the painkillers and anti-inflammatory pills that were prescribed the last time he did what?

4. How has Old Man Crawley injured himself in Chapter 11?

5. In Chapter 20, what do Antsy's parents ask when he arrives home?

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