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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. Whom does the Schwa find waiting up for him in Chapter 20?

2. Where does Antsy go to find Lexie in the end of Chapter 11?

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

4. What does Lexie ask for at the restaurant in Chapter 12?

5. Who ended up running away with Schwa's mother, according to the Night Butcher?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How do Antsy and Lexie relate to one another as characters? How is this evidenced in Chapter 12?

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

9. What advice does Old Man Crawley give for the Schwa?

10. How does the Schwa describe his mother's disappearance in Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe and discuss the symbolism and metaphor regarding Old Man Crawley's dogs. Why did Crawley choose to name the dogs after the seven sins and seven virtues? What do the dogs represent to Crawley and to others in the narrative?

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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