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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Maniac concerned about in regard to the book he has gotten from Amanda?
(a) If he should buy another one.
(b) If he should mend the ripped page.
(c) If he should give it to Mars Bar.
(d) If he should give it back to Amanda at all.

2. After leaving the East End, where does Maniac stay?
(a) Back at the deer shed.
(b) With his aunt and uncle.
(c) On a park bench.
(d) At the zoo with the buffalos.

3. By Christmas, where has Grayson moved?
(a) To the band shell.
(b) To the West End.
(c) To his own house.
(d) To his own apartment.

4. With what does Mars Bar Thompson challenge Maniac?
(a) His fist.
(b) A candy bar.
(c) A neighborhood woman.
(d) A baseball bat.

5. Why does Amanda stay up late the night of her argument with Maniac?
(a) She is crying and can't sleep.
(b) She had kicked the dog and hurt him.
(c) She is too angry to sleep.
(d) He left and has not come home, so she waits for him.

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

7. Who does Grayson say took Maniac's buffalo rag clothes away?
(a) The US Army.
(b) The buffalo.
(c) The street cleaners.
(d) The Sanitation Department.

8. How did the gas station attendant trick Grayson when he was a rookie?
(a) He told Grayson that there was no gas when there was.
(b) He told Grayson that the restaurant gave a free meal to new rookies.
(c) He gave Grayson the wrong directions to the field.
(d) He told Grayson that the baseball team had moved.

9. How do Hester and Lester react to Maniac?
(a) He is their new best friend.
(b) They cry.
(c) They tell him to go away.
(d) They ignore him.

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

11. When does Maniac return to school?
(a) One week later.
(b) Never.
(c) One year later.
(d) One month later.

12. After Maniac hits the ball many times, what does McNab throw?
(a) A frog.
(b) A tennis ball.
(c) A softball.
(d) A golf ball.

13. Why doesn't Maniac go to Grayson's room at the YMCA?
(a) He is afraid of the YMCA.
(b) He doesn't want to bring trouble to the old man.
(c) He doesn't want anyone to see and recognize him.
(d) He is afraid of Grayson.

14. What does Maniac say trash words have in common with church words?
(a) Soul.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A musical tone.
(d) Volume.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Brian Denehy?

2. Why does Mrs. Beale get mad at Maniac the day she is making meatloaf?

3. It is such a hot August day that the kids decide to play in what?

4. What does Mars Bar Thompson take from Maniac?

5. Why do the people of Two Mills give Jeffrey his nickname?

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