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

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

3. Where do Lexie and Antsy take the Schwa after getting him off the expressway in Chapter 19?
(a) The Schwa's house.
(b) Waldbaums.
(c) Old Man Crawley's apartment.
(d) Crawley's restaurant.

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

5. 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) Falling action.
(b) Denouement.
(c) Exposition.
(d) Rising action.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the Schwa find waiting up for him in Chapter 20?

2. What had the Schwa's mother gone to get when she disappeared and never returned?

3. What club does Lexie tell Antsy she is a member of in Chapter 12?

4. What does Old Man Crawley offer to Antsy in order for him to stay at the hospital?

5. What does Lexie ask for at the restaurant in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Antsy believe Crawley wants him to stay with him?

2. Whom does Antsy go to talk to at the supermarket in Chapter 16?

3. What does Lexie inform Antsy when she calls in Chapter 17? Whom does she suggest for him to call?

4. Where is Old Man Crawley taken in Chapter 17?

5. What is the significance of "Radiation Therapy" in the title of Chapter 19?

6. What excitement does Antsy face when he goes to Crawley's in Chapter 11?

7. How do Antsy and Lexie relate to one another as characters? How is this evidenced in Chapter 12?

8. How is Manny Bullpucky's head recovered in Chapter 13? What are the boys' plans for it?

9. In what ways does the Schwa appear to fade from Antsy's life in Chapter 15?

10. What does Lexie demand at the restaurant in Chapter 12? What organization does she tell Antsy about?

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