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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 does Lexie demand the manager of the restaurant do?
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. What does the Schwa's father show him at the end of Chapter 20?
4. Whom does Lexie arrive with when she meets Antsy and his friends to test the dummy?
5. The Night Butcher tells Antsy that he won't reveal his information until what occurs?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lexie inform Antsy when she calls in Chapter 17? Whom does she suggest for him to call?
2. What does Lexie demand at the restaurant in Chapter 12? What organization does she tell Antsy about?
3. What does the Night Butcher reveal about the Schwa's mother in Chapter 19?
4. How does the Schwa describe his mother's disappearance in Chapter 14?
5. How is Manny Bullpucky's head recovered in Chapter 13? What are the boys' plans for it?
6. What does Old Man Crawley offer Antsy to stay with him in the hospital?
7. How does the Schwa discover Lexie and Antsy's relationship in Chapter 13?
8. Why does Antsy believe Crawley wants him to stay with him?
9. What is the root of the Schwa's trauma in Chapter 18?
10. How does the Schwa react to the Night Butcher's story in Chapter 19?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define irony and discuss the irony in Chapter 18. What is ironic about the Schwa's billboard? What did the Schwa hope to achieve with renting the space? Why does this attempt fail? How does this represent a fundamental flaw in the Schwa's approach to life?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the Schwa effect in the novel. How literal is the invisibility of the Schwa? Who is able to overcome the Schwa effect? How does the Schwa feel about his effect on those around him?
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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