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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the first book Grayson reads cover to cover?
(a) "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel".
(b) "The Story of Babar".
(c) "The Little Engine That Could".
(d) "The First Pitch".

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

9. Why are Hester, Lester, and Amanda keeping Maniac from going home early one morning in Chapter 17?
(a) They do not want him to see that the police are at their house.
(b) They do not want him to see that the house has been vandalized.
(c) They do not want him to see that their house has been toilet papered.
(d) They do not want him to see the big black man is at their house.

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

11. Who saves Arnold Jones in Chapter 5?
(a) Mr. Finsterwald.
(b) Maniac.
(c) Brian Denehy.
(d) Amanda Beale.

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

13. 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.

14. 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.

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