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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 being called over and over again to Maniac when the kids are playing on that hot August day in chapter 17?
(a) Trash.
(b) Loser.
(c) Whitey.
(d) Fishbelly.

2. What does Maniac wonder about Black people?
(a) Why they live on the East End.
(b) Why they call themselves black.
(c) Why they celebrate the Fourth of July with the white people.
(d) Why they don't come to the West End.

3. Why do the people of Two Mills give Jeffrey his nickname?
(a) They think he is odd, so they give him an odd name.
(b) They say it is the name of the book that he was reading.
(c) After all of Jeffrey's stunts, they figure he is a maniac.
(d) Jeffrey tells them his nickname is Maniac.

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

5. What does the big black man shout about on that hot August day in chapter 17?
(a) That white people are ruining his neighborhood.
(b) That white people never have enough.
(c) That white people shouldn't swim in his water.
(d) That white people waste everything.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the school musical?

2. How does Amanda's mom act when she first meets Maniac?

3. What does Maniac say trash words have in common with church words?

4. What is Maniac concerned about in regard to the book he has gotten from Amanda?

5. What does Mr. Cobble use the knot for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

8. How is Maniac blind?

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

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

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