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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Maniac convince Mars Bar to go to the West End?
(a) He bribes Mars Bar.
(b) He threatens Mars Bar.
(c) He calls Mars Bar a sissy.
(d) He tells Mars Bar that he isn't as bad as he thinks he is.

2. How do Maniac and Mars react to each other when they first begin running together?
(a) They don't speak or look at each other.
(b) They apologize to each other.
(c) They tell jokes.
(d) They challenge each other.

3. What are all of the boys bringing into the dining room of the McNab house?
(a) Wood.
(b) Boulders.
(c) Cinder blocks.
(d) Bricks.

4. What does George McNab say as he leaves the room the day of the party?
(a) "No Negroes are allowed in my house."
(b) "Let me know when it leaves."
(c) "Take the black kid out of my house."
(d) "Nobody invited you."

5. What gift does Maniac bring Piper?
(a) A watch.
(b) Bubblegum.
(c) A baseball glove.
(d) A compass.

6. How long do Maniac and Mars Bar run together before the morning Piper comes screaming down the street?
(a) A week.
(b) A month.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two weeks.

7. Where do Maniac and Grayson go on Christmas morning?
(a) To the baseball field.
(b) To the Beale's house.
(c) To the diner.
(d) To the zoo.

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

9. Why does Maniac stop crossing the Schuylkill?
(a) He is tired of going back and forth.
(b) It reminds him of his parents' death.
(c) It is frozen and dangerous.
(d) He wants to head in a different direction.

10. What falls out of the ceiling frightening Mars Bar badly?
(a) A snake.
(b) A Cobra.
(c) Russell.
(d) A grenade.

11. What do the Pickwells believe that Mars Bar carries with him all of the time?
(a) A basketball.
(b) A gun.
(c) One hundred Mars Bars.
(d) One hundred Milky Ways.

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

13. Where is Russell that Piper screams about?
(a) Above the trolley on a trestle.
(b) Stuck in a tree.
(c) In a car crash.
(d) On the railroad tracks.

14. What do the Cobras come to do in the McNab house?
(a) Drink beer and play football.
(b) Drink beer and play cards.
(c) Drink soda and play football.
(d) Drink soda and play video games.

15. What does Maniac give Grayson for Christmas?
(a) A book Maniac wrote.
(b) A new baseball.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A chapter book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maniac do as a feat with rat-infested dump?

2. What do the McNab brothers do when they discover that they were actually with Maniac--the famous guy?

3. What can Maniac hear even further away than before, now that he is not living in any particular home in chapter 43?

4. How long do the feats go on for before the perilous one is asked?

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

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