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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the seven deadly sins refers to an inflated sense of one's personal status or accomplishments?
2. What is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story, or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or an intangible quality or idea?
3. What is Antsy's father the most passionate about in the novel?
4. The third experiment that Antsy and his friends carry out with the Schwa in Chapter 3 is to ______________.
5. Where does Antsy's family live?
Short Essay Questions
1. What prized collection does the Schwa show Antsy?
2. What is the introduction between Lexie and the Schwa like in Chapter 8?
3. In what ways does Antsy's actions show that he is beginning to grow up in Chapter 7?
4. In what ways does Antsy relate to the Schwa in the novel? How does he feel about his own invisibility?
5. What metaphor does Antsy recognize about his life after his parents' dispute in Chapter 10?
6. How is the concept of "trauma therapy" introduced?
7. How does Old Man Crawley end up apprehending Antsy and the Schwa?
8. How is Antsy's introduction to Lexie described in Chapter 8?
9. What happens in the first experiment with Manny Bullpucky in Chapter 1, "Manny Bullpucky Gets His Sorry Butt Hurled off the Marine Park Bridge"?
10. What does Antsy do that escalates the fight between his parents in Chapter 10?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define and discuss "trauma therapy" in the novel. What does Antsy relate trauma therapy to in the medical world? What experiments do Antsy and his friends conduct to test trauma therapy? What results do they find?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the Schwa effect in the novel. How literal is the invisibility of the Schwa? Who is able to overcome the Schwa effect? How does the Schwa feel about his effect on those around him?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and analyze the character of Calvin Schwa in the novel. How is the Schwa's character related to the phonetic symbol? What was the Schwa's family name upon arriving in America? What stories and rumors have been circulated in the novel regarding the Schwa's history? Are these rumors true or false?
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