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

4. What legendary feat does Mars Bar perform for the Pickwell children?
(a) Stopping traffic with a glare.
(b) Walking in front of a bus.
(c) Killing a snake with his bare hands.
(d) Stopping a train.

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

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

7. What deal does Maniac first make with the McNab boys about school?
(a) If they go, he will show Finsterwald's backyard.
(b) If they go, he will feed them pizza daily.
(c) If they go, he will show them how to read.
(d) If they go, he will show them the shortcut to Mexico.

8. Why does Maniac bring Mars Bar to Piper's birthday party?
(a) Because he knows Mars Bar will have fun.
(b) Because he hates Mars Bar.
(c) Because he wants the blacks and whites to be together.
(d) Because he wants to scare Mars Bar.

9. What does the trolley remind Maniac of?
(a) Going home.
(b) Daredevil stunts he pulled.
(c) Traveling with his parents.
(d) His parents' death.

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

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

12. When does John believe the incident with the East Enders will happen?
(a) In the winter.
(b) In a month.
(c) In the summer.
(d) In a week.

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

14. What story does Maniac tell to help John with his brothers?
(a) That John had been searching for the boys.
(b) That Maniac cheated.
(c) That John threw a stopball that Maniac could not hit.
(d) That Maniac really didn't hit John's fastballs.

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