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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 Maniac say Amen after Grayson finishes reading his first book?
(a) Maniac says Amen is for when someone does something you really like.
(b) Maniac prays for Grayson to do better next time.
(c) Maniac is glad it is over.
(d) Maniac had prayed Grayson would succeed.

2. What strategy does Grayson use to help him learn to read?
(a) He memorizes a few consonants at a time.
(b) He equates reading to baseball.
(c) He only works with the vowels at first.
(d) He has Maniac use baseball terms.

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

4. What does John McNab do to the Green Sox team at the Little League game?
(a) He hits them with his fastball.
(b) He strikes out sixteen hitters.
(c) He insults all of them with bad words.
(d) He throws out everyone at first base.

5. How long does it take Maniac to untie the Cobble's Knot?
(a) All day.
(b) Four hours.
(c) Fifteen minutes.
(d) Two days.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What/Who does Maniac wait for in the cabin in Valley Forge?

3. Why do the people of Two Mills give Jeffrey his nickname?

4. What does Maniac wonder about Black people?

5. What doesn't Maniac do in his new home at the Beales?

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