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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21 | Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the neighborhood woman use to stop Mars Bar Thompson?
(a) A broom and a stare.
(b) A baseball bat.
(c) A call to the police.
(d) A stare.

3. What does "Hands" Down do in regard to Maniac that makes the older kids upset?
(a) He laughs at the older kids when Maniac beats them.
(b) He brags to the older kids about Maniac.
(c) He tells the older kids that Maniac does not like them.
(d) He laughs that Maniac is his friend and not theirs.

4. Why does Mr. Beale make a U-turn when taking Maniac home?
(a) Mr. Beale won't go to the neighborhood Maniac directs him to.
(b) Maniac left the book at the Beale house.
(c) Maniac admits he has no home.
(d) Maniac wants to say goodnight to Hester and Lester.

5. Why does Carson scratch Maniac's skin?
(a) To see if he is white under the dirt.
(b) To see if it is dirt on his skin.
(c) To see if he is hurt under the dirt.
(d) To see if he is black under the dirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maniac running on that amazes the Pickwell children?

2. What happens to Maniac Magee's parents?

3. Why are Hester, Lester, and Amanda keeping Maniac from going home early one morning in Chapter 17?

4. How do Hester and Lester react to Maniac?

5. What does the boy give to Maniac while he is untying the knot?

(see the answer key)

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