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

2. The Schwa tells Antsy that he stopped working for ___________.
(a) Antsy's father.
(b) Old Man Crawley.
(c) Lexie.
(d) The Schwa's father.

3. What do Antsy and his friends intend to do with the plastic dummy when they meet up in Chapter 3?
(a) Wrap it in firecrackers.
(b) Set fire to it.
(c) Put it in a garbage disposal.
(d) Try to saw it in half.

4. What does the Schwa tell Antsy he is in Chapter 10?
(a) A good brother.
(b) An alien.
(c) A good friend.
(d) A traitor.

5. The Schwa invites Antsy over for dinner and shows him a clip he got that was supposedly _________.
(a) The moon.
(b) The Titanic.
(c) In Abraham Lincoln's desk.
(d) In Hitler's desk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Antsy takes Lexie to what kind of concert in Chapter 9?

2. Where is the Schwa hiding when Old Man Crawley discovers him and Antsy in his home?

3. What disability does Lexie have in the novel?

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

5. When Antsy and the Schwa are discovered in Old Man Crawley's home, he comes at them brandishing what weapon?

(see the answer key)

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