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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Grayson not know how to read?
(a) He never went to school.
(b) His parents were drunks.
(c) He has a learning disability.
(d) He heard his teacher say he was never going to learn to read.

2. What does Maniac wonder about Black people?
(a) Why they celebrate the Fourth of July with the white people.
(b) Why they don't come to the West End.
(c) Why they live on the East End.
(d) Why they call themselves black.

3. What causes the red bumps to surface on Maniac's body?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Poison Ivy.
(c) Mumps.
(d) Chicken Pox.

4. What does Mrs. Beale finally ask Maniac one day while he is licking icing?
(a) "Where did you come from?"
(b) "Where are your parents?"
(c) "Why don't you have a home?"
(d) "Are you Maniac?"

5. After Maniac hits the ball many times, what does McNab throw?
(a) A softball.
(b) A golf ball.
(c) A frog.
(d) A tennis ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Maniac meets "Hands" Down?

2. What are the cabins in Valley Forge?

3. What does Maniac do to make McNab pitch the ball to him?

4. What strategy does Grayson use to help him learn to read?

5. What changes in the Beale household now that Maniac is there?

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