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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nights does Maniac stay in the cabin in Valley Forge?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Two.

2. What actually keeps the McNab boys going to school?
(a) John's threat.
(b) Pizza.
(c) The attention they get from living with Maniac.
(d) Their father's wrath.

3. Why does Grayson take Maniac to the equipment room?
(a) To hide Maniac from the black kids.
(b) So Grayson can become famous for saving Maniac.
(c) To give Maniac a new baseball bat.
(d) Maniac has passed out.

4. What does McNab decide to do to Maniac in retaliation for the baseball incident?
(a) Tell him to leave town.
(b) Strike him out next time.
(c) Beat him up.
(d) Become his friend.

5. What is Grayson curious about that he asks Maniac while Maniac eats at the diner?
(a) How Maniac got his name.
(b) How Maniac untied the Cobble's Knot.
(c) How Maniac came to live with the buffalo.
(d) How black people live.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Maniac and Grayson do on Thanksgiving Day in the cold?

2. What happens to Maniac Magee's parents?

3. Why does Amanda stay up late the night of her argument with Maniac?

4. It is such a hot August day that the kids decide to play in what?

5. What does the big black man shout about on that hot August day in chapter 17?

(see the answer key)

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