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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 Maniac concerned about in regard to the book he has gotten from Amanda?
(a) If he should buy another one.
(b) If he should give it to Mars Bar.
(c) If he should give it back to Amanda at all.
(d) If he should mend the ripped page.

2. What does the boy give to Maniac while he is untying the knot?
(a) A Peanut Butter Kandy Kake.
(b) A Devil Dog.
(c) A Ring Ding.
(d) A Butterscotch Krimpet.

3. How does Amanda's mom act when she first meets Maniac?
(a) She yells at them about the book being torn.
(b) She continues cleaning and ignores them.
(c) She is overly thrilled at meeting the famous Maniac.
(d) She embarrasses Amanda with stories Amanda told her.

4. What is Grayson curious about that he asks Maniac while Maniac eats at the diner?
(a) How Maniac untied the Cobble's Knot.
(b) How Maniac came to live with the buffalo.
(c) How Maniac got his name.
(d) How black people live.

5. 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 their house has been toilet papered.
(b) They do not want him to see that the house has been vandalized.
(c) They do not want him to see the big black man is at their house.
(d) They do not want him to see that the police are at their house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Amanda stay up late the night of her argument with Maniac?

2. Which of the following is not a reason why the bigger kids from all over come to the vacant lot to see Maniac?

3. What is the name of McNab's gang?

4. What does Mars Bar Thompson take from Maniac?

5. Why does Maniac use only one hand to handle the football?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How might Amanda Beale's character be a good match for Maniac?

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

4. Why does Maniac say Amen when Grayson finishes reading his first book and what effect does it have on Grayson?

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

6. How do the Beale's show that they are not prejudiced people?

7. Why does Maniac paint 101 on the front door of the equipment room?

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

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

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

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