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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. Why are Hester, Lester, and Amanda keeping Maniac from going home early one morning in Chapter 17?
(a) They do not want him to see that the house has been vandalized.
(b) They do not want him to see that their house has been toilet papered.
(c) They do not want him to see that the police are at their house.
(d) They do not want him to see the big black man is at their house.

2. How long does it take Maniac to travel two hundred miles to Two Mills?
(a) One month.
(b) One week.
(c) One day.
(d) One year.

3. What is the big question at the Pickwell dinner table on the night they eat spaghetti in Chapter 6?
(a) Who was the kid who helped Arnold Jones.
(b) Why are we eating spaghetti again?
(c) Who's the extra kid at the dinner table?
(d) Who was the kid on the football field?

4. What happens to Maniac Magee's parents?
(a) They die in a plane crash.
(b) They die in a trolley crash.
(c) They die in a train crash.
(d) They die in a car crash.

5. What is the prize for untying the Cobble's Knot?
(a) Butterscotch Krimpets for a year.
(b) One hundred dollars worth of Cobble's groceries.
(c) Pizza for a year.
(d) Free soda when pizza is purchased for a year.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Beale make a U-turn when taking Maniac home?

2. What is being called over and over again to Maniac when the kids are playing on that hot August day in chapter 17?

3. What did Grayson want to grow up to be?

4. How does Amanda react to Mars Bar concerning the ripped book?

5. How long does it take Maniac to untie the Cobble's Knot?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the story of Grayson't past affect Maniac?

2. What do Grayson and Maniac teach each other and how does it affect them?

3. How does Grayson handle the unconscious Maniac when he discovers him in the buffalo pen?

4. How does the Beale household change now that Maniac lives there?

5. Why does Maniac walk right out of town after he realizes that the encyclopedia has been used for confetti?

6. What does the reader learn about Maniac's personality through the scene of Mars Bar and Maniac and the candy bar?

7. Chapter 14 ends with Mrs. Beale asking Maniac whether he is Maniac or not. He responds saying that he is Jeffrey. She states that in her house he will always be Jeffrey. What does this mean for the two of them?

8. How is Maniac blind?

9. How does Grayson's background shape the man he has become today?

10. How does Amanda treat Maniac differently than everyone else in Chapter 11 and previous chapters?

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