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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of McNab's gang?
(a) Asps.
(b) Cobras.
(c) Lions.
(d) Sharks.
2. Who is the first person to speak with Maniac in Two Mills?
(a) Brian Denehy.
(b) Jeffrey Beale.
(c) Amanda Beale.
(d) Arnold Jones.
3. What does Maniac do for Grayson after he reads his first book?
(a) Maniac takes him out to dinner.
(b) Maniac cooks for him.
(c) Maniac gives him another book.
(d) Maniac sends him home.
4. What does Maniac want from Amanda at the end of Chapter 13 that she won't give him?
(a) Her bike.
(b) Her forgiveness.
(c) Encyclopedia A.
(d) Another one of her books.
5. Why does Mr. Beale make a U-turn when taking Maniac home?
(a) Maniac wants to say goodnight to Hester and Lester.
(b) Maniac admits he has no home.
(c) Mr. Beale won't go to the neighborhood Maniac directs him to.
(d) Maniac left the book at the Beale house.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Maniac live while he stays in Two Mills?
2. How does Amanda react to Mars Bar concerning the ripped book?
3. What does Maniac say trash words have in common with church words?
4. What do Maniac and Grayson do on Thanksgiving Day in the cold?
5. How does Maniac respond when Grayson asks him about attending school?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Maniac manage to infuriate McNab and does he do it on purpose?
2. Why does Maniac say Amen when Grayson finishes reading his first book and what effect does it have on Grayson?
3. Right at the start of this novel, the reader knows that the main character is going to have a different life than the normal pre-teen. How so?
4. Why does Amanda think the Cobble Knot will solve Maniac's problems?
5. How might Amanda Beale's character be a good match for Maniac?
6. How is the scene in the kitchen between Mrs. Beale and Maniac both ironic and symbolic?
7. How does Maniac help others and what are his motives in doing so?
8. How does Grayson handle the unconscious Maniac when he discovers him in the buffalo pen?
9. How does Grayson's background shape the man he has become today?
10. The fact that Maniac takes a nap during the untying of the famous knot says a lot about the way he perceives the event. What does it say?
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