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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. In Chapter 10, who comes and finds Antsy at lunch?
2. Who is very unfriendly to the Schwa in his first appearance and tells his friends that the Schwa is almost invisible and that people forget about him?
3. What has Old Man Crawley named his dogs after?
4. Who is a confident and successful straight A student who seems to do well at everything he tries in the novel?
5. What is the Schwa dared to bring back from Old Man Crawley's home in Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Antsy and his friends decide to test in an experiment?
2. How is Antsy's introduction to Lexie described in Chapter 8?
3. What are the first two experiments conducted on the Schwa effect?
4. Where in school does Antsy encounter the Schwa in Chapter 3?
5. What happens in the first experiment with Manny Bullpucky in Chapter 1, "Manny Bullpucky Gets His Sorry Butt Hurled off the Marine Park Bridge"?
6. What does Wendell Tiggor dare the Schwa to do in Chapter 4?
7. What offer does the Schwa make Antsy in Chapter 9?
8. What happens when the police arrive in Chapter 6?
9. What is Manny Bullpucky? Why are the boys testing it in Chapter 1, "Manny Bullpucky Gets His Sorry Butt Hurled off the Marine Park Bridge"?
10. What leads up to the Schwa's outburst in Chapter 7?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the characters Howie and Ira in the narrative. How long have Howie and Ira been friends with Antsy? What is the response of each to the arrival of the Schwa in their group? How does the relationship between these characters evolve from the beginning of the novel to the end?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss the first date between Antsy and the Schwa. In what ways are they compatible as a couple? How does their relationship develop in the course of the novel? How are the characteristics of both Lexie and Antsy contrasted to those of the Schwa?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the experiments conducted by Antsy and his friends on the Schwa effect. What is the first experiment they conduct and what results do they find? What is found in the second and third experiments? What are the attributes of invisibility discovered by the boys?
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