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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the Pickwells believe that Mars Bar carries with him all of the time?
(a) One hundred Milky Ways.
(b) A gun.
(c) A basketball.
(d) One hundred Mars Bars.

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

4. Where does Maniac make his bedroom now that June is almost here?
(a) The backyard of the Beales.
(b) The backyard of the McNabs.
(c) The backyard of Mars Bar.
(d) Various back porches.

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. Where does Maniac sleep now that it is almost June?
(a) In the zoo.
(b) Wherever he ends up at the end of the day.
(c) Mostly in the park.
(d) Usually at the lake.

11. What does Maniac experience in early July in the early mornings?
(a) He thinks he hears a baby crying.
(b) He believes someone is chasing him.
(c) He believes someone is following him.
(d) He thinks hears an animal crying.

12. What do the Cobras do while Mars Bar and Maniac play games with the younger ones?
(a) They interrupt the games.
(b) They play too.
(c) They ignore it all.
(d) They sit against the wall and watch Mars Bar.

13. 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 the buffalo will stomp him.
(c) He is afraid of the barbed wire.
(d) He is afraid to climb.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do Maniac and Mars Bar run together before the morning Piper comes screaming down the street?

2. What do the McNabs call the thing that they are building in the dining room of the McNab house?

3. Where do Maniac and Grayson go on Christmas morning?

4. What do the Cobras come to do in the McNab house?

5. When does John believe the incident with the East Enders will happen?

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