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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maniac do for Grayson after he reads his first book?
(a) Maniac takes him out to dinner.
(b) Maniac sends him home.
(c) Maniac cooks for him.
(d) Maniac gives him another book.

2. With what does Mars Bar Thompson challenge Maniac?
(a) His fist.
(b) A neighborhood woman.
(c) A baseball bat.
(d) A candy bar.

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

4. Why does Mars Bar hate Maniac at the end of Chapter 38?
(a) Maniac refuses to participate.
(b) Maniac wins.
(c) Maniac humiliates him.
(d) Nobody is there to see Mars Bar win.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Maniac live while he stays in Two Mills?

2. What did Grayson want to grow up to be?

3. What do the Pickwells believe that Mars Bar carries with him all of the time?

4. What actually keeps the McNab boys going to school?

5. Why doesn't Maniac go to Grayson's room at the YMCA?

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