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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. It is such a hot August day that the kids decide to play in what?
(a) The fire hydrant water.
(b) The pool.
(c) The creek.
(d) The pond.

2. What does Maniac eat at the diner?
(a) Ham and eggs.
(b) Cake.
(c) Burger and fries.
(d) A complete meatloaf dinner.

3. Who specifically has tried to untie the knot before Maniac?
(a) A magician and a scientist.
(b) A pickpocket and a mathematician.
(c) A magician and a pickpocket.
(d) A scientist and a mathematician.

4. What happens to Amanda for the first and only time in Chapter 3?
(a) She lends one of her books.
(b) She is late to school.
(c) She trips and falls.
(d) She falls in love.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does John McNab do to the Green Sox team at the Little League game?

3. Who is the first person to speak with Maniac in Two Mills?

4. What does McNab decide to do to Maniac in retaliation for the baseball incident?

5. Why does Grayson take Maniac to the equipment room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the underlying reason that Maniac wants to leave town after the incident at the fire hydrant party?

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

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

4. What stops McNab and the Cobras from chasing Maniac after the home run hit? What does this say about the boys?

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

6. Why does Amanda think the Cobble Knot will solve Maniac's problems?

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

8. Why do Maniac and Grayson decorate a tree in the woods?

9. How is it that Maniac could have a meal at the Pickwell house and nobody questions his presence?

10. How does Maniac impress the star quarterback, Brian Denehy in Chapter 4?

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