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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. What breaks off the dummy when Antsy and his friends throw it off a bridge in their first experiment?

2. How much do the student officers agree to pay a week to keep the Schwa on retainer?

3. On what day of the week do a bunch of kids gather outside Crawley's apartment to watch the Schwa's dare in Chapter 5?

4. Who is at the kitchen table when Antsy wakes up in Chapter 10?

5. What kind of dogs does Old Man Crawley have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the introduction between Lexie and the Schwa like in Chapter 8?

2. In what ways does Antsy's actions show that he is beginning to grow up in Chapter 7?

3. How does Old Man Crawley end up apprehending Antsy and the Schwa?

4. What does Wendell Tiggor dare the Schwa to do in Chapter 4?

5. What leads up to the Schwa's outburst in Chapter 7?

6. What is revealed about the Schwa's mother in Chapter 2?

7. Where does Antsy take Lexie in Chapter 9?

8. What is revealed about the Schwa's last name in Chapter 2?

9. Describe the narrative voice of the novel. From whose perspective is the story told? How is this character described?

10. What causes Antsy to leave with the Schwa in Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the experiments conducted by Antsy and his friends on the Schwa effect. What is the first experiment they conduct and what results do they find? What is found in the second and third experiments? What are the attributes of invisibility discovered by the boys?

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

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?

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