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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14, 'A Russian Train, a Pulsing Vein, and My Mother's Bag of Snails' and 'More Than I Ever Wanted to Know About the Schwa's Childhood'.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lexie can tell when the Schwa is present more than others in the novel for what reason?
(a) She hears him breathing.
(b) His watch ticks very loudly.
(c) She hears his heartbeat.
(d) He holds her hand.

2. Where was the Schwa when his mother went missing?
(a) Church.
(b) The supermarket.
(c) A hospital.
(d) A carnival.

3. Whom does Old Man Crawley hire to be Lexie's companion in Chapter 7?
(a) Howie.
(b) Ira.
(c) Antsy.
(d) The Schwa.

4. According to Lexie in Chapter 9, who should start being her escort?
(a) Wendell Tiggor.
(b) The Schwa.
(c) Howie.
(d) Old Man Crawley.

5. Whom does Antsy tell off in Chapter 14?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) The Schwa's mother.
(d) Schwa's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Antsy and his friends determine that how many students notice the Schwa in a classroom?

2. What refers to an area to the side and slightly behind a driver's field of vision that is not reflected in the vehicle's rear view mirror?

3. What happens when Antsy runs into the apartment in Chapter 5?

4. Who is the better of the two cooks arguing in Chapter 10?

5. Antsy remembers the Schwa when what falls on the floor from his mother's recipe cards?

(see the answer key)

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