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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 does the Night Butcher say Schwa's mother did at the meat counter on the day she disappeared?
(a) Broke down crying.
(b) Asked what was on sale.
(c) Argued about the prices.
(d) Sampled a package of shrimp.

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

3. 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) A silver coin.
(d) Double time.

4. Antsy cannot go during the day to the supermarket to talk to the Night Butcher because the manager has banned him from the store for what reason?
(a) Not wearing shoes in the store.
(b) Stealing candy.
(c) Protesting in front of the store.
(d) Asking awkward questions.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Antsy call from the hospital in Chapter 11?

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

4. The Schwa tells Antsy that he stopped working for ___________.

5. 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"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the root of the Schwa's trauma in Chapter 18?

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

3. What does Antsy realize about his mother in Chapter 15?

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 advice does Old Man Crawley give for the Schwa?

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

8. What does the Night Butcher reveal about the Schwa's mother in Chapter 19?

9. What conversation takes place between Antsy and Lexie when he walks her home in Chapter 13?

10. How does the Schwa discover Lexie and Antsy's relationship in Chapter 13?

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