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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 McNab decide to do to Maniac in retaliation for the baseball incident?
(a) Tell him to leave town.
(b) Strike him out next time.
(c) Beat him up.
(d) Become his friend.

2. Why are Hester, Lester, and Amanda keeping Maniac from going home early one morning in Chapter 17?
(a) They do not want him to see the big black man is at their house.
(b) They do not want him to see that the house has been vandalized.
(c) They do not want him to see that their house has been toilet papered.
(d) They do not want him to see that the police are at their house.

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

4. Why does Amanda stay up late the night of her argument with Maniac?
(a) She is too angry to sleep.
(b) She had kicked the dog and hurt him.
(c) She is crying and can't sleep.
(d) He left and has not come home, so she waits for him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is being called over and over again to Maniac when the kids are playing on that hot August day in chapter 17?

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

3. What is the name of McNab's gang?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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