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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens when Maniac meets "Hands" Down?
(a) "Hands" Down harasses Maniac for punting that first day.
(b) "Hands" Down makes sure Maniac is on the other team.
(c) Maniac refuses to play football with "Hands" Down.
(d) They play football together.

3. It is such a hot August day that the kids decide to play in what?
(a) The fire hydrant water.
(b) The pool.
(c) The pond.
(d) The creek.

4. What happens to Amanda for the first and only time in Chapter 3?
(a) She lends one of her books.
(b) She is late to school.
(c) She trips and falls.
(d) She falls in love.

5. What does the big black man shout about on that hot August day in chapter 17?
(a) That white people never have enough.
(b) That white people waste everything.
(c) That white people shouldn't swim in his water.
(d) That white people are ruining his neighborhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maniac wonder about Black people?

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

3. Why does Maniac use only one hand to handle the football?

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

5. What causes the red bumps to surface on Maniac's body?

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