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

2. What changes in the Beale household now that Maniac is there?
(a) Amanda takes baths again with the children.
(b) The children start to tie their own shoes.
(c) The children are better behaved.
(d) The yellow bucket is used more.

3. How long does it take Maniac to untie the Cobble's Knot?
(a) Two days.
(b) All day.
(c) Four hours.
(d) Fifteen minutes.

4. Why does Grayson take Maniac to the equipment room?
(a) To hide Maniac from the black kids.
(b) So Grayson can become famous for saving Maniac.
(c) Maniac has passed out.
(d) To give Maniac a new baseball bat.

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 the police are at their house.
(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 their house has been toilet papered.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the confetti made out of that the townspeople throw for Maniac's celebration of untying the knot?

2. What does Maniac eat at the diner?

3. What does Maniac want from Amanda at the end of Chapter 13 that she won't give him?

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

5. What does Maniac say to the passersby when he first runs to Two Mills?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maniac manage to infuriate McNab and does he do it on purpose?

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

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

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