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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last thought that Maniac has as the book comes to a close?
(a) Finally, there will be peace in the East End.
(b) Finally, someone was calling him home.
(c) Finally, he does not have to sleep in a shed anymore.
(d) Finally, Amanda and Mars are friends.

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

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

4. What do the two young boys in the second cabin continuously call Maniac?
(a) Nerd.
(b) Meatball.
(c) Sausage.
(d) Jerk.

5. What does Maniac do after he sees Russell in trouble?
(a) He runs for help.
(b) He saves him.
(c) He walks away.
(d) He asks Mars Bar to save him.

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

7. Why do Russell and Piper kick Maniac out of their house?
(a) He told them that they could not fight anymore.
(b) He stomped on their guns until they were plastic splinters.
(c) He yelled at them.
(d) He started giving them orders.

8. What does Russell attempt to travel with?
(a) A scooter.
(b) A boat.
(c) A convertible.
(d) A 3-wheeler.

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

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

11. What last thing does Maniac do before he leaves the band shell?
(a) He destroys it.
(b) He empties it.
(c) He throws out all of Grayson's belongings.
(d) He paints over the number 101.

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

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

14. 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) The train whistle.
(c) Kids playing in the park.
(d) Amanda's bicycle bell.

15. What does Maniac say when Amanda tells him that they are going home?
(a) "I don't want to go there."
(b) "No."
(c) "Great."
(d) "I can't."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mars Bar challenge Maniac to?

2. What does Amanda say to Maniac about his going to her house?

3. What are the cabins in Valley Forge?

4. What does Maniac have to convince John that he hadn't done after delivering back his brothers?

5. What are all of the boys bringing into the dining room of the McNab house?

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