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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Maniac take Mars Bar to the Pickwells?
(a) To see the best the West End had to offer.
(b) They asked Maniac to bring him.
(c) To make Mars Bar angry.
(d) For a party.

2. What are the cabins in Valley Forge?
(a) Run-down cabins from the Civil War.
(b) Replicas of army shelters.
(c) Abandoned campsites.
(d) Family-owned campgrounds.

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

4. What do the McNabs call the thing that they are building in the dining room of the McNab house?
(a) The pillbox.
(b) Bow Wow.
(c) Death.
(d) Bazooka.

5. What are the raisins in the McNab house?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Cat feces.
(c) Raisins.
(d) Rat feces.

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

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

8. What does Maniac tell the McNab boys about Mexico so that they will not want to go there?
(a) Little boys are eaten there.
(b) There are huge bugs in Mexico.
(c) There is no pizza there.
(d) It is volcano season.

9. Who comes running up to Maniac after the race with Mars Bar is over?
(a) Hester and Lester.
(b) Russell and Piper.
(c) "Hands" Down.
(d) Amanda.

10. What does Maniac do as a feat with the mysterious hole at the creek?
(a) Puts his leg in it.
(b) Puts his arm in it.
(c) Puts his head in it.
(d) Walks in it.

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

12. What does Maniac experience in early July in the early mornings?
(a) He thinks he hears a baby crying.
(b) He thinks hears an animal crying.
(c) He believes someone is following him.
(d) He believes someone is chasing him.

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

14. How many nights does Maniac stay in the cabin in Valley Forge?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Four.

15. What does Maniac do as a feat with the freight train?
(a) Hop on it.
(b) Get a ride without paying.
(c) Stand in front of it for thirty seconds.
(d) Beat it to the next stop on one rail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Cobras come to do in the McNab house?

2. How does Maniac convince Mars Bar to go to the West End?

3. Where does Maniac sleep one night--just once in Chapter 43?

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

5. What does the trolley remind Maniac of?

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