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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first book Grayson reads cover to cover?
(a) "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel".
(b) "The First Pitch".
(c) "The Story of Babar".
(d) "The Little Engine That Could".

2. Why do the other children want to touch Maniac after he speaks with whoever answered Finsterwald's door?
(a) They want to touch a famous person.
(b) They want to see if he is cold.
(c) They think Maniac might be a ghost.
(d) They want to congratulate him.

3. How does Maniac make the deal even better for the McNab boys to go to school?
(a) He says he will knock on Finsterwald's door.
(b) He says he will eat pizza even though he is allergic.
(c) He says he will teach them how to pitch.
(d) He says he will eat five cockroaches.

4. What does Maniac wonder about Black people?
(a) Why they call themselves black.
(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 live on the East End.

5. What happens to Maniac Magee's parents?
(a) They die in a trolley crash.
(b) They die in a car crash.
(c) They die in a train crash.
(d) They die in a plane crash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where have the two boys gotten their food?

2. When Maniac returned to the West End in Chapter 40, where does he go first?

3. What does Maniac do after he discovers Grayson is dead?

4. Why does Maniac allow the McNab boys to continue asking him to do the feats?

5. What last thing does Maniac do before he leaves the band shell?

(see the answer key)

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