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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the day does Maniac like best of all now that it is almost June?
(a) Evenings for the sunsets.
(b) Morning before anyone awakes.
(c) Afternoons when everyone is around.
(d) Night after everyone is asleep.

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

3. What won't Maniac do for food?
(a) He will not go to soup kitchens.
(b) He will not beg.
(c) He will not do odd jobs.
(d) He will not take it from the zoo.

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

5. How does Maniac come to know even the people he never met in Two Mills?
(a) From the things in their backyards.
(b) By listening to the stories of the children.
(c) By asking around.
(d) By listening to people speak in the corner stores.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

11. What method does Maniac use to try to keep Russell and Piper in school after he came back to the McNabs'?
(a) He made them lunches to take with them.
(b) He organized marble tournaments during recess.
(c) He bribed them with money.
(d) He threatened them with punishments.

12. How long is the challenge for in Finsterwald's backyard?
(a) Ten minutes.
(b) Thirty minutes.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) Two minutes.

13. What does Grayson give to Maniac for Christmas?
(a) A book about Willie Mays.
(b) A bed.
(c) A cookbook.
(d) His old baseball glove.

14. What new name has Amanda given to Mars Bar?
(a) Devil Dog.
(b) Peanut Butter Cup.
(c) Snickers.
(d) Hershey's.

15. Why doesn't Maniac stay in the band shell after Grayson's death?
(a) He cannot bring himself to stay.
(b) The Superintendent won't let him.
(c) It is too cold.
(d) It is needed for the upcoming spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Russell that Piper screams about?

2. To whom are the two boys related?

3. Where does Mars Bar find Maniac after the trolley incident?

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

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

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