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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Schwa show Antsy from the day his mother disappeared?
(a) A paperclip.
(b) A receipt.
(c) A note.
(d) A newspaper article.

2. When Antsy tells Old Man Crawley about the Schwa problem, Old Man Crawley's advice is to ______________.
(a) Cut the Schwa loose.
(b) Take a vacation with the Schwa.
(c) Find the Schwa a girlfriend.
(d) Pay the Schwa to leave town.

3. Whom does Lexie arrive with when she meets Antsy and his friends to test the dummy?
(a) Old Man Crawley.
(b) Frankie.
(c) Antsy's father.
(d) The Schwa.

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

5. What was the next thing the Schwa remembered after being abandoned by his mother?
(a) His father filling out paperwork at the police station.
(b) Attending his father's funeral.
(c) A policeman taking him to the station.
(d) His aunt filling out paperwork at the hospital.

6. What does Old Man Crawley offer to Antsy in order for him to stay at the hospital?
(a) Time and a half.
(b) A gold watch.
(c) Double time.
(d) A silver coin.

7. Lexie pretends to have fallen where in Chapter 17, "A Traumatic Experience I'll Live to Regret, Assuming I Live"?
(a) In the subway.
(b) In Old Man Crawley's apartment.
(c) On the sidewalk.
(d) Crawley's Restaurant.

8. Whom does the Schwa find waiting up for him in Chapter 20?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Lexie.
(d) Antsy.

9. Why is there no traffic on the expressway in Chapter 18, "Larger Than Life, in Your Face, Undeniable Schwa"?
(a) It is 3 a.m.
(b) It is a holiday.
(c) It is closed for construction.
(d) There was an accident.

10. The Night Butcher tells Schwa and his friends that the Schwa's mother was __________.
(a) Not all there.
(b) Very unhappy.
(c) Confused.
(d) Very selfish.

11. In what section of a work of literature is basic internal conflict complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts and obstacles that frustrate the protagonist's attempt to reach his goal?
(a) Rising action.
(b) Falling action.
(c) Denouement.
(d) Exposition.

12. Whom does the Schwa say he is ending his friendship with in Chapter 14?
(a) Antsy.
(b) Christina.
(c) Frankie.
(d) Emily.

13. What is the name of the establishment from which the Schwa's mother disappeared?
(a) Waldbaums.
(b) Johnsons.
(c) Robertsons.
(d) Torringtons.

14. What do Lexie and Antsy tell the manager of the supermarket they are doing a report on in Chapter 15?
(a) The history of the store.
(b) Store supply chains.
(c) Town history.
(d) Unsolved crimes.

15. The manager of the supermarket tells Lexie and Antsy that he remembers a child being abandoned but not ________.
(a) The child's name.
(b) What year it was.
(c) What day of the week it was.
(d) What happened to the mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Lexie tell Antsy to call and invite along in the morning in Chapter 17?

2. What do Antsy and his friends decide to do with the plastic dummy in order to test it?

3. Who does Old Man Crawley say is upset with Antsy in Chapter 11?

4. The Night Butcher tells Antsy that he won't reveal his information until what occurs?

5. 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?

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