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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) Take out the trash.
(b) Sleep in his bed.
(c) Read to the children.
(d) Wash the dishes.

2. What can't Maniac see about what is going on around him in chapter 16?
(a) That he is no longer welcome at the Beale's home.
(b) That Amanda is mad at him.
(c) That some kids do not like him.
(d) That his skin isn't white.

3. What is Grayson curious about that he asks Maniac while Maniac eats at the diner?
(a) How black people live.
(b) How Maniac got his name.
(c) How Maniac came to live with the buffalo.
(d) How Maniac untied the Cobble's Knot.

4. What does Maniac do for Grayson after he reads his first book?
(a) Maniac sends him home.
(b) Maniac cooks for him.
(c) Maniac gives him another book.
(d) Maniac takes him out to dinner.

5. What does Maniac do to make McNab pitch the ball to him?
(a) He takes a hat off another player.
(b) He challenges McNab.
(c) He insults McNab.
(d) He stands at the bag and waits.

6. What happened to Grayson at the game against the Toledo Mud Hens?
(a) Grayson's pitching was terrible.
(b) Grayson got hurt.
(c) Grayson threw a no hitter.
(d) Grayson hit Willie Mays.

7. What happens when Maniac meets "Hands" Down?
(a) "Hands" Down makes sure Maniac is on the other team.
(b) They play football together.
(c) Maniac refuses to play football with "Hands" Down.
(d) "Hands" Down harasses Maniac for punting that first day.

8. What does Maniac want to do when he finds Amanda crying on her doorstep?
(a) He wants to yell at all of the townspeople.
(b) He wants to hug her and tell her everything will be okay.
(c) He wants to read Amanda a story.
(d) He wants to bring Amanda to her mother.

9. Who specifically has tried to untie the knot before Maniac?
(a) A magician and a pickpocket.
(b) A magician and a scientist.
(c) A pickpocket and a mathematician.
(d) A scientist and a mathematician.

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

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

12. What happens to Amanda for the first and only time in Chapter 3?
(a) She falls in love.
(b) She trips and falls.
(c) She is late to school.
(d) She lends one of her books.

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

14. How long does Maniac stay with his aunt and uncle?
(a) Eight years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Two years.

15. What does Mrs. Beale finally ask Maniac one day while he is licking icing?
(a) "Why don't you have a home?"
(b) "Are you Maniac?"
(c) "Where are your parents?"
(d) "Where did you come from?"

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maniac use only one hand to handle the football?

2. How does Amanda react to Mars Bar concerning the ripped book?

3. Why are Hester, Lester, and Amanda keeping Maniac from going home early one morning in Chapter 17?

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

5. What does John McNab do to the Green Sox team at the Little League game?

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