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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25 | Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maniac do to make McNab pitch the ball to him?
(a) He takes a hat off another player.
(b) He stands at the bag and waits.
(c) He challenges McNab.
(d) He insults McNab.

2. Who specifically has tried to untie the knot before Maniac?
(a) A pickpocket and a mathematician.
(b) A magician and a scientist.
(c) A scientist and a mathematician.
(d) A magician and a pickpocket.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maniac respond when Grayson asks him about attending school?

2. After Maniac hits the ball many times, what does McNab throw?

3. Why does Maniac decide to leave town?

4. How long does it take Maniac to travel two hundred miles to Two Mills?

5. Why does Grayson take Maniac to the equipment room?

(see the answer key)

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