The Schwa Was Here

The Schwa Was Here

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The Schwa was Here

Chapters 1-5

1. What is Antsy's real name in the novel?

2. Of what heritage is Antsy's family?

3. What is the name of Antsy's brother?

4. What is the name of Antsy's sister?

5. Where does Antsy's family live?

6. What is the name of the company where Antsy's father works?

7. In the novel, the urinal strainer found in most bathrooms is a product of what company?

8. What is the name of the "unbreakable" dummy Antsy's father asks him to test?

9. Off what bridge do Antsy and his friends decide to throw the dummy for their first test?

10. Who among Antsy's friends is a boy who lacks common sense, yet seems to store a lot of facts in his head?

11. Ira has ambitions to become a ______when he grows up.

12. Who is a successful straight A student who seems to do well at everything he tries in the novel?

13. Who throws the dummy off the bridge in the boys' first experiment?

14. Who films the throwing of the dummy off the bridge with his video camera?

15. What breaks off the dummy when Antsy and his friends throw it off a bridge?

16. What is the Schwa's first name?

17. In what class of Antsy's does the Schwa sit next to him?

18. Who is very unfriendly to the Schwa in his first appearance and tells his friends that the Schwa is almostinvisible and that people forget about him?

19. Where do the boys meet to discuss the Schwa in Chapter 2?

20. What was apparently the original name of the Schwa family in the Old World?

21. Of what heritage is Ira in the novel?

22. Who points out the Schwa when he raises his hand in class in Chapter 3?

23. What do Antsy and his friends intend to do with the plastic dummy when they meet up in Chapter 3?

24. Who suggests experimenting with the Schwa in order to quantify the Schwa effect in Chapter 3?

25. Antsy and his friends determine that how many students notice the Schwa in a classroom?

26. What do Antsy and his friends get the Schwa to wear in the boys' bathroom?

27. What do Antsy and his friends get the Schwa to do in the boys' bathroom?

28. What is the third experiment that Antsy and his friends carry out with the Schwa in Chapter 3?

29. A girl agrees to pay to see the Schwa do what in Chapter 4?

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

31. Old Man Crawley is famous for an incident in which he took revenge on children for______.

32. In Chapter 4, children put bets on dares such as having the Schwa enter what location?

33. Who dares the Schwa to sneak into Old Man Crawley's apartment in Chapter 4?

34. What does Old Man Crawley live above?

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

36. How many dogs does Old Man Crawley have?

37. What has Old Man Crawley named his dogs after?

38. What is the Schwa dared to bring back from Old Man Crawley's home in Chapter 4?

39. Old Man Crawley owns what kind of business?

40. What is just below Old Man Crawley's apartment?

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

42. Why is the Schwa unable to steal a bowl from Old Man Crawley's home in Chapter 5?

43. Who laughs that Antsy and his friends lost the bet in Chapter 5?

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

45. When Antsy and the Schwa are found in Old Man Crawley's home, he comes at them w what weapon?

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

47. Whose heritage does Old Man Crawley insult, saying his 'breeding' is bad?

48. Old Man Crawley tells Antsy and the Schwa that they will have to work off their debt for breaking into his house by doing what chore?

49. What does Old Man Crawley say he will do if the boys do not turn up to work each day after school?

Chapters 6-10

50. Antsy is in charge of walking Old Man Crawley's dogs that are named after ______.

51. Old Man Crawley puts the Schwa in charge of walking his dogs named after ______.

52. Which one of the seven capital sins is defined as spiritual or emotional apathy?

53. Which of the seven deadly sins is defined as an excessive desire to possess wealth, goods, or abstract things of value with the intention to keep it for one's self?

54. Which of the seven deadly sins refers to an inflated sense of one's personal status or accomplishments?

55. What makes the Schwa's and Antsy's job for Old Man Crawley particularly time-consuming in Chapter 6?

56. What is the name of Lexie's guide dog?

57. Who in the novel is mentally handicapped due to brain trauma?

58. The Schwa is referred to as being ______.

59. What does the Schwa collect?

60. One of the treasured items collected by the Schwa once held together what document?

61. What is Antsy's father the most passionate about in the novel?

62. How is Old Man Crawley related to Lexie in the novel?

63. Who does Old Man Crawley hire to be Lexie's companion in Chapter 7?

64. The Schwa shows Antsy a newspaper clipping announcing the birth of whom?

65. Who ejects the video game and breaks it in half, then storms out in Chapter 7?

66. What disability does Lexie have in the novel?

67. Lexie can tell when the Schwa is present more than others in the novel for what reason?

68. In Chapter 8, Lexie tells the Schwa that he has a face like ______.

69. Antsy takes Lexie out to ______in Chapter 8.

70. Antsy ensures that the Schwa cannot join him and Lexie on their outing by bringing down ______.

71. The Schwa invites Antsy over for dinner and shows him a clip he got that was supposedly ______.

72. The Schwa offers to give a prized clip to Antsy if he will give ______in return.

73. The Schwa attempts to appeal to Antsy on grounds of their friendship to let him ______.

74. What is an idea that Antsy, Lexie, and the Schwa come up with when they are discussing how to change Crawley's attitudes and behavior?

75. What is the medical use of ionizing radiation, used as part of cancer treatment to control malignant cells?

76. Lexie tells Antsy and the Schwa that she wants to change whom?

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

78. Lexie points out to Antsy that their outing isn't really a date for what reason?

79. According to Lexie in Chapter 9, who should start being her escort?

80. Who likes to be in charge of the kitchen in Chapter 10?

81. Who is the better of the two cooks arguing in Chapter 10?

82. What does Antsy's mother do with the sauce she makes in Chapter 10?

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

84. In Chapter 10, who comes and finds Antsy at lunch?

85. When Antsy witnesses another of his parents' rows at home, he realizes that he is also like a ______.

86. What is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story, or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or an intangible quality or idea?

87. Who is the narrator in The Schwa Was Here?

88. What does the Schwa tell Antsy he is in Chapter 10?

Chapters 11-15

89. Who answers the door anxiously when Antsy goes to Crawley's apartment to walk the dogs in Chapter 11?

90. What has Old Man Crawley done to injure himself in Chapter 11?

91. When Antsy finds Crawley injured, he gives the old man some of the painkillers andanti-inflammatory pills that were prescribed the last time he did what?

92. Who does Old Man Crawley insist ride with him in the ambulance?

93. Who does Antsy call from the hospital in Chapter 11?

94. How does Antsy say he will get home from the hospital in Chapter 11?

95. What does Old Man Crawley offer to Antsy in order for him to stay at the hospital?

96. What does Old Man Crawley say his son wants to do in Chapter 11?

97. Who does Old Man Crawley say is upset with Antsy in Chapter 11?

98. Where does Antsy go to find Lexie in the end of Chapter 11?

99. What school does Lexie attend while staying at Old Man Crawley's home?

100. Who does Antsy believe will be upset when Lexie kisses him?

101. Where do Antsy and Lexie go on their first date in the novel?

102. What does Lexie ask for at the restaurant in Chapter 12?

103. What does Lexie demand the manager of the restaurant do?

104. What club does Lexie tell Antsy she is a member of in Chapter 12?

105. What does the club that Lexie tells Antsy she is a member of do in Chapter 12?

106. Lexie tells Antsy that she has come up with an idea for giving her grandfather ______.

107. What is a literary device in which an author indirectly suggests plot developments that might comelater in the story?

108. Who gets Manny Bullpucky's head back from a lady who found it in her hedge for Antsy in Chapter 13?

109. What do Antsy and his friends decide to do with the plastic dummy in order to test it?

110. Who does Lexie arrive with when she meets Antsy and his friends to test the dummy?

111. Who yells that an express train is coming?

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

113. What does Antsy's dad tell his family that Antsy's mother is going to start taking?

114. What did Antsy think his dad was going to announce when he called the family meeting?

115. Antsy remembers the Schwa when what falls on the floor from his mother's recipe cards?

116. Who does Antsy tell off in Chapter 14?

117. The Schwa tells Antsy that he stopped working for ______.

118. Who does the Schwa say he is ending his friendship with in Chapter 14?

119. What is the name of the establishment from which the Schwa's mother disappeared?

120. How old was the Schwa when his mother went missing?

121. Where did the Schwa's mother disappear from when the Schwa was young?

122. What had the Schwa's mother gone to get when she disappeared and never returned?

123. Where was the Schwa left when his mother disappeared?

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

125. What does the Schwa show Antsy from the day his mother disappeared?

126. Antsy tries to persuade the Schwa that he will not ______someday, but the Schwa does not believe him.

127. Who does Antsy confide in about his worries of the Schwa in Chapter 15?

128. What name is given to a spiritual man who uses metal rods to find the presence of water and spirits?

129. Where does Antsy take the spiritual man he asks for help from in Chapter 15?

130. What do Lexie and Antsy tell the manager of the supermarket they are doing a report on in Chapter 15?

131. The manager tells Lexie and Antsy that he remembers a child being abandoned but not ______.

132. What does Antsy tell his mother while helping her cook in Chapter 15?

133. Antsy tells his mother he would never want her to ______.

134. Antsy realizes that his mother's ______are a way for her to feel like she has something for herself.

Chapters 16-22

135. What does Antsy take to Old Man Crawley's that was cooked by his father?

136. When Antsy tells Old Man Crawley about the Schwa problem, Old Man Crawley's advice is to______.

137. The Night Butcher from the supermarket is from ______.

138. Antsy cannot go during the day to the supermarket to talk to the Night Butcher because the manager hasbanned him from the store for what reason?

139. What does the Night Butcher tell Antsy when he speaks to him?

140. The Night Butcher tells Antsy that he won't reveal his information until what occurs?

141. In what section of a work of literature is basic internal conflict complicated by the introduction of relatedsecondary conflicts and obstacles that frustrate the protagonist's attempt to reach his goal?

142. In Chapter 17, Lexie calls Antsy early in the morning to tell him that she has what planned for her grandfather?

143. Who does Lexie tell Antsy to call and invite along in the morning in Chapter 17?

144. Lexie pretends to have fallen where in Chapter 17?

145. What is waiting at the pier where Lexie and Antsy take Old Man Crawley?

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

147. How do Antsy and the Schwa travel to an abandoned part of the city?

148. Where does the Schwa take Antsy in the abandoned part of the city?

149. What words are on the billboard that the Schwa shows Antsy in Chapter 18?

150. How much money does the Schwa say he used to rent the billboard for in Chapter 18?

151. Why is there no traffic on the expressway in Chapter 18?

152. For how long did the Schwa rent the billboard?

153. Who does Antsy call at the end of Chapter 18?

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

155. The Night Butcher tells Schwa and his friends that the Schwa's mother was ______.

156. Who ended up running away with Schwa's mother, according to the Night Butcher?

157. When the Schwa hears the Night Butcher's story in Chapter 19, he is first shocked and then ______.

158. What is outside Antsy's house when he arrives in Chapter 20?

159. What has Frankie gotten in trouble for in Chapter 20?

160. As a result of Frankie's actions, his driver's license is revoked for how long?

161. In Chapter 20, what do Antsy's parents ask when he arrives home?

162. Who does the Schwa find waiting up for him in Chapter 20?

163. When the Schwa returns home, whom does he ask about?

164. What does the Schwa's father show him at the end of Chapter 20?

165. The Schwa tells Antsy that he wants to meet his mother one day and hear her say ______.

166. Who does Antsy discover was fired from his job in Chapter 21?

167. What job does Old Man Crawley say he plans to offer Antsy's father in Chapter 21?

168. What does Old Man Crawley admit he did in Chapter 21?

169. Who hires Antsy to kidnap him once a month?

170. What does Antsy find when he goes to the Schwa's house in Chapter 21?

171. Where is Antsy first inspired to draw graffiti?

172. What does the phonetic symbol for the schwa look like?

173. Who does Antsy see drawing a schwa on her lunchbox in Chapter 21?

174. Who does Antsy search for, which turns out to be the Schwa's aunt, in Chapter 22?

175. Where has the paperclip sent to Antsy by the Schwa been in the end of Chapter 22?