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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 Lexie demand the manager of the restaurant do?
(a) Clean their table.
(b) Give her a refund.
(c) Call the police.
(d) Read the menu to her.

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

3. Where does the Schwa take Antsy in the abandoned part of the city?
(a) A small diner.
(b) A magazine stand.
(c) An abandoned warehouse.
(d) A homeless shelter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Frankie gotten in trouble for in Chapter 20?

2. Where do Antsy and Lexie go on their first date in the novel?

3. How old was the Schwa when his mother went missing?

4. What is waiting at the pier where Lexie and Antsy take Old Man Crawley?

5. Whom does Antsy call at the end of Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Schwa react to the Night Butcher's story in Chapter 19?

2. What do Lexie and Antsy do in their second attempt to obtain information at the supermarket in Chapter 15?

3. How is Manny Bullpucky a metaphorical representation of the Schwa?

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

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

6. Why does Antsy realize there is no traffic on the expressway? What does this mean about the billboard?

7. What does Antsy's father announce at a family meeting in Chapter 13?

8. What does Old Man Crawley offer Antsy to stay with him in the hospital?

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

10. What does Antsy discover upon returning home in Chapter 20?

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