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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mars Bar afraid that Russell was going to do to after the trolley incident?
(a) Kiss him.
(b) Hit Piper.
(c) Go back to the trestle.
(d) Cry.

2. What does Maniac make the McNab boys return to Dorsey's Grocery?
(a) A shopping cart.
(b) Twenty-five candy bars.
(c) Stolen comic books.
(d) Fifty bubblegums.

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

4. Why does Mars Bar hate Maniac at the end of Chapter 38?
(a) Maniac refuses to participate.
(b) Nobody is there to see Mars Bar win.
(c) Maniac wins.
(d) Maniac humiliates him.

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

6. What does Amanda say to Maniac about his going to her house?
(a) He will sleep in the bed this time.
(b) He can't have her room this time.
(c) He is more trouble outside then inside.
(d) He has to come to the house because the little ones need him.

7. What do Russell and Piper fear has happened to Maniac while in the East End?
(a) He has been kidnapped.
(b) He has been tortured.
(c) He has decided to stay there.
(d) He has been killed.

8. Why won't Mars Bar climb the fence where the buffalo are?
(a) He is afraid the buffalo will eat him.
(b) He is afraid of the barbed wire.
(c) He is afraid to climb.
(d) He is afraid the buffalo will stomp him.

9. What can Maniac hear even further away than before, now that he is not living in any particular home in chapter 43?
(a) Mrs. Pickwell's whistle.
(b) Amanda's bicycle bell.
(c) The train whistle.
(d) Kids playing in the park.

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

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

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

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Maniac bring Piper?

2. What part of the day does Maniac like best of all now that it is almost June?

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

4. What does Maniac do after he sees Russell in trouble?

5. How long is the challenge for in Finsterwald's backyard?

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