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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Antsy realizes that his mother's _____________ are a way for her to feel like she has something for herself.
(a) Cooking classes.
(b) Hobbies.
(c) Household chores.
(d) Phot albums.

2. Whom does Lexie arrive with when she meets Antsy and his friends to test the dummy?
(a) Frankie.
(b) Antsy's father.
(c) Old Man Crawley.
(d) The Schwa.

3. What is waiting at the pier where Lexie and Antsy take Old Man Crawley?
(a) A boat.
(b) A sportscar.
(c) A helicopter.
(d) A submarine.

4. Where does Antsy take the spiritual man he asks for help from in Chapter 15?
(a) The park.
(b) The Schwa's house.
(c) Old Man Crawley's apartment.
(d) Waldbaums.

5. What do Antsy and his friends decide to do with the plastic dummy in order to test it?
(a) Throw it off a bridge.
(b) Push it in front of a subway train.
(c) Drag it behind a cab.
(d) Put it in a freezer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is there no traffic on the expressway in Chapter 18, "Larger Than Life, in Your Face, Undeniable Schwa"?

3. What does Antsy ask Lexie as he walks her home in Chapter 13?

4. Whom does Antsy call from the hospital in Chapter 11?

5. Where do Lexie and Antsy take the Schwa after getting him off the expressway in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the Schwa discover Lexie and Antsy's relationship in Chapter 13?

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

4. Where is Old Man Crawley taken in Chapter 17?

5. What does Lexie demand at the restaurant in Chapter 12? What organization does she tell Antsy about?

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

7. How is Manny Bullpucky a metaphorical representation of the Schwa?

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

9. In what ways does the Schwa appear to fade from Antsy's life in Chapter 15?

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

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