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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What doesn't Maniac do in his new home at the Beales?
(a) Wash the dishes.
(b) Sleep in his bed.
(c) Read to the children.
(d) Take out the trash.

2. Who is Brian Denehy?
(a) A soccer player.
(b) The football coach.
(c) The star quarterback.
(d) The first person Maniac meets in Two Mills.

3. What does Maniac paint on the outside of the band shell?
(a) Beware of buffalos.
(b) Amen.
(c) The number 101.
(d) Fishbelly.

4. How does Amanda react to Mars Bar concerning the ripped book?
(a) She tells him to say he is sorry.
(b) She yells at him and kicks him.
(c) She helps Mars beat up Maniac.
(d) She takes the book and pedals away on her bike.

5. What is being called over and over again to Maniac when the kids are playing on that hot August day in chapter 17?
(a) Loser.
(b) Whitey.
(c) Fishbelly.
(d) Trash.

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

7. What does McNab decide to do to Maniac in retaliation for the baseball incident?
(a) Become his friend.
(b) Tell him to leave town.
(c) Beat him up.
(d) Strike him out next time.

8. What do Maniac and Grayson do on Thanksgiving Day in the cold?
(a) They go to the zoo.
(b) They go ice-skating.
(c) They go watch the high school football game.
(d) They play baseball.

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

10. What does Maniac ask of God on Thanksgiving Day?
(a) To let Maniac find a family to live with.
(b) To let the Beales know that he is thinking of them.
(c) To make sure his parents are at peace.
(d) To let him return to the Beales to live.

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

12. What position did Grayson play?
(a) First Base.
(b) Catcher.
(c) Pitcher.
(d) Right Field.

13. What is the confetti made out of that the townspeople throw for Maniac's celebration of untying the knot?
(a) The Children's Crusade.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Amanda's Encyclopedia.
(d) Lyle, Lye Crocodile.

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

15. What does Mars Bar Thompson take from Maniac?
(a) A football.
(b) Amanda's book.
(c) A candy bar.
(d) His hat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the prize for untying the Cobble's Knot?

3. Why does Maniac say Amen after Grayson finishes reading his first book?

4. What does Maniac say trash words have in common with church words?

5. How long does Maniac stay with his aunt and uncle?

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