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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Amanda carrying to school in her suitcase?
(a) A puppy.
(b) Books.
(c) A project.
(d) Crayons and drawing paper.

2. When does Maniac return to school?
(a) One week later.
(b) One year later.
(c) Never.
(d) One month later.

3. What is the big question at the Pickwell dinner table on the night they eat spaghetti in Chapter 6?
(a) Who's the extra kid at the dinner table?
(b) Who was the kid who helped Arnold Jones.
(c) Why are we eating spaghetti again?
(d) Who was the kid on the football field?

4. How do Hester and Lester react to Maniac?
(a) They ignore him.
(b) They tell him to go away.
(c) They cry.
(d) He is their new best friend.

5. What does Mr. Cobble use the knot for?
(a) To tie leftover string pieces.
(b) As a site seeing object.
(c) As a conversation piece.
(d) To draw in business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Amanda for the first and only time in Chapter 3?

2. How does Amanda's mom act when she first meets Maniac?

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

4. Why does Maniac say Amen after Grayson finishes reading his first book?

5. What does John McNab do to the Green Sox team at the Little League game?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maniac impress the star quarterback, Brian Denehy in Chapter 4?

2. How is Maniac blind?

3. How does Maniac manage to infuriate McNab and does he do it on purpose?

4. How does Maniac get his nickname?

5. How does Grayson handle the unconscious Maniac when he discovers him in the buffalo pen?

6. How does the story of Grayson't past affect Maniac?

7. What is the underlying reason that Maniac wants to leave town after the incident at the fire hydrant party?

8. What is Grayson so curious about that he obviously has no understanding of during his meal with Maniac at the diner?

9. How do the Beale's show that they are not prejudiced people?

10. How is the scene in the kitchen between Mrs. Beale and Maniac both ironic and symbolic?

(see the answer keys)

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