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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. Where does Maniac wind up after he runs from the baseball game?
(a) In the East End of town.
(b) At Amanda's house.
(c) At the house where he ate spaghetti.
(d) His shed at the zoo.

2. Where does Maniac live while he stays in Two Mills?
(a) In the park.
(b) In a garage behind the restaurant.
(c) In the deer shed at the zoo.
(d) In a shed at the school.

3. What doesn't Maniac do in his new home at the Beales?
(a) Read to the children.
(b) Wash the dishes.
(c) Take out the trash.
(d) Sleep in his bed.

4. What kind of story does Amanda give to Maniac?
(a) The Children's Crusade.
(b) Children's Poetry.
(c) Grimm's Fairy Tales.
(d) A book about puppies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Beale finally ask Maniac one day while he is licking icing?

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

3. What does McNab decide to do to Maniac in retaliation for the baseball incident?

4. What does the big black man shout about on that hot August day in chapter 17?

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

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