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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the McNab brothers do when they discover that they were actually with Maniac--the famous guy?
(a) Thye cry.
(b) They tell Maniac to leave.
(c) They laugh very hard.
(d) They beat up Maniac because of what he did to John.

2. What are the McNabs and Cobras building in the dining room of the McNab house?
(a) A fortress.
(b) A wall.
(c) A barbeque pit.
(d) A castle.

3. What does Mars Bar call Maniac when they meet again in chapter 38?
(a) Whitey.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Fishbelly.
(d) Sausage.

4. What does Amanda do to wake up Maniac at the zoo?
(a) She scares the buffalo.
(b) She pulls his ear.
(c) She kicks him.
(d) She bites his ear.

5. What do the Cobras do while Mars Bar and Maniac play games with the younger ones?
(a) They interrupt the games.
(b) They sit against the wall and watch Mars Bar.
(c) They ignore it all.
(d) They play too.

6. What does Maniac have to convince John that he hadn't done after delivering back his brothers?
(a) That Maniac did not call the police on them.
(b) That Maniac did not kidnap them.
(c) That Maniac did not convince them to run away.
(d) That Maniac did not hurt them.

7. Who shows up for Grayson's funeral?
(a) Maniac and the funeral man.
(b) Maniac and the minister.
(c) Maniac, the pallbearers, and the funeral man.
(d) Maniac, pallbearers, two gravediggers, and the funeral man.

8. What does Maniac do as a feat with the bison pen?
(a) Feeds the bison.
(b) Dances in front of the pen.
(c) Kisses the mother bison.
(d) Climbs the fence.

9. What makes Maniac run from the graveyard?
(a) He is angry with the pallbearers.
(b) He does not want to see who is coming.
(c) He thinks he sees a ghost.
(d) He is too upset over his loss.

10. What does Mars Bar come to ask Maniac after the trolley incident?
(a) Why Maniac was crying at the trolley.
(b) Why Maniac didn't stay after helping Russell.
(c) Why Maniac would not speak to anyone after the incident.
(d) Why Maniac did not help Russell.

11. What does Mars Bar challenge Maniac to?
(a) A running race.
(b) A fistfight.
(c) A bike race.
(d) A boxing match.

12. What actually keeps the McNab boys going to school?
(a) Their father's wrath.
(b) John's threat.
(c) Pizza.
(d) The attention they get from living with Maniac.

13. How does Mars Bar know that Maniac was not afraid at the trolley incident?
(a) Anyone who would get up in his face couldn't be afraid.
(b) Maniac was not afraid of the rats at the dump.
(c) Maniac was not afraid of the third rail.
(d) Maniac was not afraid of Finsterwald.

14. What is the most perilous feat that the McNab boys ask Maniac to perform?
(a) To go to the East End.
(b) To kill a snake.
(c) To challenge Mars Bar.
(d) To play against "Hands" Down.

15. What story does Maniac change in telling to the Pickwells?
(a) The one about Russell and the trolley.
(b) The one about Maniac running backwards and beating Mars Bar.
(c) The one about the fire hydrant party.
(d) The one about "Hands" Down and the punt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Maniac make the deal even better for the McNab boys to go to school?

2. What do the Pickwells believe that Mars Bar carries with him all of the time?

3. How many nights does Maniac stay in the cabin in Valley Forge?

4. What does Maniac do as a feat with the mysterious hole at the creek?

5. What deal does Maniac first make with the McNab boys about school?

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