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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Schwa offers to give a prized clip to Antsy if he will give _________ in return.
(a) Lexie.
(b) A video game.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) A bicycle.

3. What was apparently the original name of the Schwa family in the Old World?
(a) Schwartz.
(b) Schwainwright.
(c) Schwarpetz.
(d) Schwappane.

4. The Schwa shows Antsy a newspaper clipping announcing the birth of whom?
(a) Ira.
(b) Howie.
(c) Wendell Tiggor.
(d) Lexis Crawley.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Antsy witnesses another of his parents' rows at home, he realizes that he is also like a ____________.

2. Who likes to be in charge of the kitchen in Chapter 10?

3. When Antsy and the Schwa are discovered in Old Man Crawley's home, he comes at them brandishing what weapon?

4. What is the Schwa's first name?

5. Off what bridge do Antsy and his friends decide to throw the dummy for their first test?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the police arrive in Chapter 6?

2. What causes Antsy to leave with the Schwa in Chapter 7?

3. What is the third experiment Antsy and his friends attempt in Chapter 3?

4. What is Manny Bullpucky? Why are the boys testing it in Chapter 1, "Manny Bullpucky Gets His Sorry Butt Hurled off the Marine Park Bridge"?

5. What do the boys say of Calvin Schwa when he is first introduced in Chapter 1, "Manny Bullpucky Gets His Sorry Butt Hurled off the Marine Park Bridge"?

6. What takes place as the Schwa begins to act out his dare in Chapter 5?

7. What is revealed about the Schwa's mother in Chapter 2?

8. Why does Lexie believe her grandfather needs a change?

9. What does Antsy do that escalates the fight between his parents in Chapter 10?

10. Why does Antsy believe Old Man Crawley's threats?

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