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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 Old Man Crawley insist ride with him in the ambulance?

2. What words are on the billboard that the Schwa shows Antsy in Chapter 18?

3. Where was the Schwa left when his mother disappeared?

4. Lexie tells Antsy that she has come up with an idea for giving her grandfather __________.

5. Whom does Lexie tell Antsy to call and invite along in the morning in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Antsy believe Crawley wants him to stay with him?

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

5. What conversation takes place between Antsy and Lexie when he walks her home in Chapter 13?

6. How is Manny Bullpucky's head recovered in Chapter 13? What are the boys' plans for it?

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

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

9. What excitement does Antsy face when he goes to Crawley's in Chapter 11?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters of Antsy and the Schwa in the narrative. In what ways does Antsy feel similar to the Schwa? What characteristics define and separate him from the Schwa? How are these similarities and differences represented symbolically in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the theme of growing up in the novel. What does "growing up" mean to you? How do the changes in Antsy represent this process? In what ways does the Schwa grow up in the novel? How does Lexie?

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