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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Whites and blacks walk together.
(c) They fight.
(d) They disperse.

2. What is the name of McNab's gang?
(a) Asps.
(b) Lions.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Cobras.

3. Why does Grayson not know how to read?
(a) He has a learning disability.
(b) His parents were drunks.
(c) He never went to school.
(d) He heard his teacher say he was never going to learn to read.

4. Why does Maniac use only one hand to handle the football?
(a) He is holding a book with the other one.
(b) He is showing off.
(c) He only has one hand.
(d) His other hand is hurt.

5. What won't Maniac do for food?
(a) He will not take it from the zoo.
(b) He will not go to soup kitchens.
(c) He will not beg.
(d) He will not do odd jobs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of story does Amanda give to Maniac?

2. With what does Mars Bar Thompson challenge Maniac?

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

4. What does Maniac say to the passersby when he first runs to Two Mills?

5. How do the Pickwells know when it is dinnertime?

(see the answer key)

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