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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. Why doesn't McNab want to pitch to Maniac?
(a) Maniac is not on the Green Sox.
(b) He knows Maniac can hit the ball.
(c) He is a runt who is not on the league.
(d) Maniac's shoes are flapping.

2. What happens to Amanda for the first and only time in Chapter 3?
(a) She lends one of her books.
(b) She trips and falls.
(c) She falls in love.
(d) She is late to school.

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

4. What changes in the Beale household now that Maniac is there?
(a) The children are better behaved.
(b) Amanda takes baths again with the children.
(c) The yellow bucket is used more.
(d) The children start to tie their own shoes.

5. What happens with the townspeople as Maniac walks up the middle of the street after the incident with the old man?
(a) The whites walk up one side, the blacks up the other.
(b) They disperse.
(c) They fight.
(d) Whites and blacks walk together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maniac want from Amanda at the end of Chapter 13 that she won't give him?

2. Why does Maniac decide to leave town?

3. How do Hester and Lester react to Maniac?

4. What is Amanda carrying to school in her suitcase?

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

(see the answer key)

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