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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 45.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Cobble use the knot for?
(a) To draw in business.
(b) As a site seeing object.
(c) To tie leftover string pieces.
(d) As a conversation piece.

2. What is Maniac running on that amazes the Pickwell children?
(a) The suspension bridge.
(b) The spear field.
(c) The steel rail of the railroad tracks.
(d) The winding creek.

3. What does the trolley remind Maniac of?
(a) Going home.
(b) His parents' death.
(c) Daredevil stunts he pulled.
(d) Traveling with his parents.

4. Why does Maniac decide to leave town?
(a) He does not want a riot to break out.
(b) He is afraid of the big black man.
(c) He does not like that people don't like him.
(d) He does not want the Beales to get hurt.

5. Why does Maniac say Amen after Grayson finishes reading his first book?
(a) Maniac is glad it is over.
(b) Maniac prays for Grayson to do better next time.
(c) Maniac says Amen is for when someone does something you really like.
(d) Maniac had prayed Grayson would succeed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Amanda's mom act when she first meets Maniac?

2. What does Maniac ask of God on Thanksgiving Day?

3. Why does Maniac stop crossing the Schuylkill?

4. What are the cabins in Valley Forge?

5. Why do Maniac and Grayson trim a tree in the woods?

(see the answer key)

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