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

2. In Chapter 17, Lexie calls Antsy early in the morning to tell him that she has __________ planned for her grandfather.
(a) A nice dinner.
(b) A night on the town.
(c) Trauma therapy.
(d) A party.

3. Whom does Antsy tell off in Chapter 14?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) Schwa's father.
(d) The Schwa's mother.

4. Who ended up running away with Schwa's mother, according to the Night Butcher?
(a) The Day Butcher.
(b) One of the checkers.
(c) The store manager.
(d) A bread distributor.

5. Whom does Antsy call at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Howie.
(b) The Schwa.
(c) Lexie.
(d) Old Man Crawley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Antsy and his friends decide to do with the plastic dummy in order to test it?

2. What does Antsy take to Old Man Crawley's that was cooked by his father?

3. Whom does Antsy confide in about his worries of the Schwa in Chapter 15?

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?

5. Antsy tells his mother he would never want her to ______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How are Crawley's fears relative to the Schwa?

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

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

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

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