2. Lexie tells Antsy that she has come up with an idea for giving her grandfather __________.
(a) A Christmas gift.
(b) Trauma therapy.
(c) A birthday gift.
(d) A puppy.

3. What does Antsy take to Old Man Crawley's that was cooked by his father?
(a) Chocolate chip cookies.
(b) Lasagna.
(c) Focaccia.
(d) Blueberry muffins.

4. 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) His aunt filling out paperwork at the hospital.
(d) A policeman taking him to the station.

5. Antsy realizes that his mother's _____________ are a way for her to feel like she has something for herself.
(a) Cooking classes.
(b) Household chores.
(c) Phot albums.
(d) Hobbies.

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

7. How do Antsy and the Schwa travel to an abandoned part of the city?
(a) By boat.
(b) By bus.
(c) By bicycle.
(d) By subway.

8. Whom does Antsy confide in about his worries of the Schwa in Chapter 15?
(a) Wendell Tiggor.
(b) Old Man Crawley.
(c) Lexie.
(d) Howie.

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

10. Who yells that an express train is coming?
(a) The Schwa.
(b) Howie.
(c) Ira.
(d) Frankie.

11. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Simile.

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

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

14. The Night Butcher tells Antsy that he won't reveal his information until what occurs?
(a) There is a full moon.
(b) He brings the Schwa to hear as well.
(c) His shift is over.
(d) He is paid in full.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The Night Butcher from the supermarket is from _______________.

3. In Chapter 17, Lexie calls Antsy early in the morning to tell him that she has __________ planned for her grandfather.

4. What does the Night Butcher tell Antsy when he speaks to him?

5. Who ended up running away with Schwa's mother, according to the Night Butcher?

(see the answer keys)

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