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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the big question at the Pickwell dinner table on the night they eat spaghetti in Chapter 6?
(a) Who was the kid on the football field?
(b) Who was the kid who helped Arnold Jones.
(c) Why are we eating spaghetti again?
(d) Who's the extra kid at the dinner table?

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

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

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

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

6. What is the prize for untying the Cobble's Knot?
(a) Free soda when pizza is purchased for a year.
(b) Pizza for a year.
(c) One hundred dollars worth of Cobble's groceries.
(d) Butterscotch Krimpets for a year.

7. What is Amanda carrying to school in her suitcase?
(a) Crayons and drawing paper.
(b) Books.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A project.

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first book Grayson reads cover to cover?

2. What can't Maniac see about what is going on around him in chapter 16?

3. What does McNab decide to do to Maniac in retaliation for the baseball incident?

4. What does Maniac do for fifteen minutes before completing the knot?

5. What does Maniac want from Amanda at the end of Chapter 13 that she won't give him?

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