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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 41.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 that the police are at their house.
(b) They do not want him to see the big black man is at their house.
(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 house has been vandalized.

2. By Christmas, where has Grayson moved?
(a) To his own apartment.
(b) To the band shell.
(c) To the West End.
(d) To his own house.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Grayson say took Maniac's buffalo rag clothes away?

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

3. What does Russell attempt to travel with?

4. What is the prize for untying the Cobble's Knot?

5. What does Maniac ask of God on Thanksgiving Day?

(see the answer key)

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