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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. Antsy is relieved after his father calls a family meeting, because he feared he was going to announce what in Chapter 13?
2. When Antsy finds Crawley in Chapter 11, Antsy gives the old man some of the painkillers and anti-inflammatory pills that were prescribed the last time he did what?
3. Who does Antsy believe will be upset when Lexie kisses him?
4. Lexie pretends to have fallen where in Chapter 17, "A Traumatic Experience I'll Live to Regret, Assuming I Live"?
5. What is just below Old Man Crawley's apartment?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the root of the Schwa's trauma in Chapter 18?
2. In what ways does the Schwa appear to fade from Antsy's life in Chapter 15?
3. What do Antsy and Lexie set to find out in Chapter 15?
4. How is Manny Bullpucky a metaphorical representation of the Schwa?
5. What does Antsy discover upon returning home in Chapter 20?
6. What do Lexie and Antsy do in their second attempt to obtain information at the supermarket in Chapter 15?
7. How does the Schwa discover Lexie and Antsy's relationship in Chapter 13?
8. How does the Schwa describe his mother's disappearance in Chapter 14?
9. What advice does Old Man Crawley give for the Schwa?
10. What does the Night Butcher reveal about the Schwa's mother in Chapter 19?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss and analyze the theme of abandonment in the novel. What has been the impact of the Schwa's mother's abandonment on the Schwa? How has it affected the Schwa's father? How does childhood abandonment affect a person psychologically?
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
Identify and discuss the narrative voice of the novel. In what person is the narrative related? In what tense? From whose perspective does the reader learn the events which take place? Who is the protagonist and is the protagonist the same person as the narrator? Why or why not?
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