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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 is the confetti made out of that the townspeople throw for Maniac's celebration of untying the knot?
2. What happened to Grayson at the game against the Toledo Mud Hens?
3. How do Hester and Lester react to Maniac?
4. What changes in the Beale household now that Maniac is there?
5. Why does Mrs. Beale get mad at Maniac the day she is making meatloaf?
Short Essay Questions
1. How might Amanda Beale's character be a good match for Maniac?
2. How does Amanda treat Maniac differently than everyone else in Chapter 11 and previous chapters?
3. Right at the start of this novel, the reader knows that the main character is going to have a different life than the normal pre-teen. How so?
4. Maniac's life tale may be bigger than he actually is. What begins the exaggeration in Chapter 2?
5. What does the reader learn about Maniac's personality through the scene of Mars Bar and Maniac and the candy bar?
6. What is Grayson so curious about that he obviously has no understanding of during his meal with Maniac at the diner?
7. How does Maniac get his nickname?
8. How is it that Maniac could have a meal at the Pickwell house and nobody questions his presence?
9. What stops McNab and the Cobras from chasing Maniac after the home run hit? What does this say about the boys?
10. Why does Maniac paint 101 on the front door of the equipment room?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why doesn't Maniac go to school? How does this decision affect Maniac, as well as the other major characters in the story?
Essay Topic 2
How is Amanda the staying power for Maniac? What makes her different from everyone else that he encounters? How does she ultimately change Maniac?
Essay Topic 3
What does Hector Street symbolize? How does the street affect the lives of those in both the East End and the West End?
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