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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 bribes Mars Bar.
(c) He threatens Mars Bar.
(d) He calls Mars Bar a sissy.

4. How does Maniac feel about Mars Bar when the whole McNab birthday party situation is over?
(a) He feels angry.
(b) He feels sad.
(c) He feels happy.
(d) He feels proud.

5. 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) Amanda's bicycle bell.
(d) Kids playing in the park.

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

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

8. How does Maniac make the deal even better for the McNab boys to go to school?
(a) He says he will teach them how to pitch.
(b) He says he will eat five cockroaches.
(c) He says he will knock on Finsterwald's door.
(d) He says he will eat pizza even though he is allergic.

9. What new item does Mars Bar show Maniac when Maniac returns to town in chapter 38?
(a) A bike.
(b) Expensive sneakers.
(c) Tattoos.
(d) Braces.

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

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

12. When Maniac returned to the West End in Chapter 40, where does he go first?
(a) To the McNabs' house.
(b) To the equipment room.
(c) To the Pickwells' house.
(d) To the zoo.

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

14. What does Maniac do as a feat with the bison pen?
(a) Kisses the mother bison.
(b) Feeds the bison.
(c) Climbs the fence.
(d) Dances in front of the pen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maniac do as a feat with the mysterious hole at the creek?

2. Where does Maniac make his bedroom now that June is almost here?

3. What does Grayson give to Maniac for Christmas?

4. What story does Maniac tell to help John with his brothers?

5. Who shows up for Grayson's funeral?

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