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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 ask for at the restaurant in Chapter 12?

2. What was the next thing the Schwa remembered after being abandoned by his mother?

3. Where does Antsy finally find the Schwa in Chapter 18?

4. Whom does Antsy tell off in Chapter 14?

5. Antsy tries to persuade the Schwa that he will not ___________ someday, but the Schwa does not believe him.

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Antsy go to talk to at the supermarket in Chapter 16?

2. Why does Antsy realize there is no traffic on the expressway? What does this mean about the billboard?

3. What excitement does Antsy face when he goes to Crawley's in Chapter 11?

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

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

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

7. How does the Schwa react to the Night Butcher's story in Chapter 19?

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

9. What do Lexie and Antsy do in their second attempt to obtain information at the supermarket in Chapter 15?

10. What do Antsy and Lexie set to find out in Chapter 15?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Define and discuss "trauma therapy" in the novel. What does Antsy relate trauma therapy to in the medical world? What experiments do Antsy and his friends conduct to test trauma therapy? What results do they find?

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