2. 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) He left and has not come home, so she waits for him.
(d) She is too angry to sleep.

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

4. How does Amanda's mom act when she first meets Maniac?
(a) She embarrasses Amanda with stories Amanda told her.
(b) She is overly thrilled at meeting the famous Maniac.
(c) She continues cleaning and ignores them.
(d) She yells at them about the book being torn.

5. Why doesn't McNab want to pitch to Maniac?
(a) Maniac's shoes are flapping.
(b) He is a runt who is not on the league.
(c) Maniac is not on the Green Sox.
(d) He knows Maniac can hit the ball.

6. What happens with the townspeople as Maniac walks up the middle of the street after the incident with the old man?
(a) They fight.
(b) The whites walk up one side, the blacks up the other.
(c) They disperse.
(d) Whites and blacks walk together.

7. Why does Mrs. Beale get mad at Maniac the day she is making meatloaf?
(a) He spills the meatloaf on the floor.
(b) He talks trash to her.
(c) He says that he does not like meatloaf.
(d) He tells her that he loves her.

8. What does Maniac want from Amanda at the end of Chapter 13 that she won't give him?
(a) Another one of her books.
(b) Her bike.
(c) Her forgiveness.
(d) Encyclopedia A.

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

10. 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.

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

12. How does Maniac respond when Grayson asks him about attending school?
(a) Maniac says he would like to go but he never has.
(b) Maniac says that school would be a good daytime home for him.
(c) Maniac says he hates school and will never go back.
(d) Maniac says if he makes him go, Maniac will run away.

13. What does Maniac wonder about Black people?
(a) Why they live on the East End.
(b) Why they call themselves black.
(c) Why they celebrate the Fourth of July with the white people.
(d) Why they don't come to the West End.

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

15. Where does Maniac live while he stays in Two Mills?
(a) In a garage behind the restaurant.
(b) In the park.
(c) In the deer shed at the zoo.
(d) In a shed at the school.