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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When does John believe the incident with the East Enders will happen?
(a) In a month.
(b) In a week.
(c) In the winter.
(d) In the summer.
2. When Maniac returned to the West End in Chapter 40, where does he go first?
(a) To the Pickwells' house.
(b) To the McNabs' house.
(c) To the zoo.
(d) To the equipment room.
3. Why won't Mars Bar climb the fence where the buffalo are?
(a) He is afraid the buffalo will stomp him.
(b) He is afraid the buffalo will eat him.
(c) He is afraid to climb.
(d) He is afraid of the barbed wire.
4. What does Maniac make the McNab boys return to Dorsey's Grocery?
(a) Fifty bubblegums.
(b) A shopping cart.
(c) Twenty-five candy bars.
(d) Stolen comic books.
5. What story does Maniac tell to help John with his brothers?
(a) That John threw a stopball that Maniac could not hit.
(b) That Maniac cheated.
(c) That Maniac really didn't hit John's fastballs.
(d) That John had been searching for the boys.
6. What deal does Maniac first make with the McNab boys about school?
(a) If they go, he will show Finsterwald's backyard.
(b) If they go, he will feed them pizza daily.
(c) If they go, he will show them how to read.
(d) If they go, he will show them the shortcut to Mexico.
7. What does Maniac do as a feat with the mysterious hole at the creek?
(a) Puts his arm in it.
(b) Puts his leg in it.
(c) Walks in it.
(d) Puts his head in it.
8. What do Russell and Piper fear has happened to Maniac while in the East End?
(a) He has been tortured.
(b) He has been killed.
(c) He has been kidnapped.
(d) He has decided to stay there.
9. Who shows up for Grayson's funeral?
(a) Maniac, the pallbearers, and the funeral man.
(b) Maniac and the minister.
(c) Maniac, pallbearers, two gravediggers, and the funeral man.
(d) Maniac and the funeral man.
10. What/Who does Maniac wait for in the cabin in Valley Forge?
(a) Grayson.
(b) Death.
(c) Mr. Beale.
(d) Blankets.
11. What actually keeps the McNab boys going to school?
(a) Their father's wrath.
(b) Pizza.
(c) The attention they get from living with Maniac.
(d) John's threat.
12. Who comes running up to Maniac after the race with Mars Bar is over?
(a) "Hands" Down.
(b) Russell and Piper.
(c) Amanda.
(d) Hester and Lester.
13. How long is the challenge for in Finsterwald's backyard?
(a) Ten minutes.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) Thirty minutes.
(d) Two minutes.
14. What does George McNab say as he leaves the room the day of the party?
(a) "No Negroes are allowed in my house."
(b) "Take the black kid out of my house."
(c) "Nobody invited you."
(d) "Let me know when it leaves."
15. Where do Maniac and Grayson go on Christmas morning?
(a) To the baseball field.
(b) To the Beale's house.
(c) To the diner.
(d) To the zoo.
Short Answer Questions
1. What new item does Mars Bar show Maniac when Maniac returns to town in chapter 38?
2. What does Maniac say when Amanda tells him that they are going home?
3. What does the trolley remind Maniac of?
4. What do the Cobras come to do in the McNab house?
5. What does Mars Bar come to ask Maniac after the trolley incident?
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