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

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

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

4. What is being called over and over again to Maniac when the kids are playing on that hot August day in chapter 17?
(a) Whitey.
(b) Loser.
(c) Trash.
(d) Fishbelly.

5. Which of the following is not a reason why the bigger kids from all over come to the vacant lot to see Maniac?
(a) To see if everything they heard was true.
(b) To test him.
(c) To see how good he really was.
(d) To tell him that he was not welcome in their town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person to speak with Maniac in Two Mills?

2. What does Mr. Cobble use the knot for?

3. What does Mars Bar Thompson take from Maniac?

4. Who is Brian Denehy?

5. What does Maniac do to make McNab pitch the ball to him?

(see the answer key)

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