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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 doesn't Maniac go to Grayson's room at the YMCA?
(a) He is afraid of the YMCA.
(b) He doesn't want anyone to see and recognize him.
(c) He doesn't want to bring trouble to the old man.
(d) He is afraid of Grayson.

2. Where does Maniac live while he stays in Two Mills?
(a) In the park.
(b) In a garage behind the restaurant.
(c) In a shed at the school.
(d) In the deer shed at the zoo.

3. What does Maniac do for Grayson after he reads his first book?
(a) Maniac takes him out to dinner.
(b) Maniac gives him another book.
(c) Maniac cooks for him.
(d) Maniac sends him home.

4. What does Maniac say trash words have in common with church words?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A musical tone.
(c) Soul.
(d) Volume.

5. What do the high school kids do to Arnold Jones in Chapter 5?
(a) They force him onto Finsterwalds' porch.
(b) They toss him over Finsterwald's fence.
(c) They shove him in a locker.
(d) They throw him in a pond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the big question at the Pickwell dinner table on the night they eat spaghetti in Chapter 6?

2. What does the neighborhood woman use to stop Mars Bar Thompson?

3. What does Maniac do for fifteen minutes before completing the knot?

4. When does Maniac return to school?

5. What does "Hands" Down do in regard to Maniac that makes the older kids upset?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How is the scene in the kitchen between Mrs. Beale and Maniac both ironic and symbolic?

8. How does Maniac help others and what are his motives in doing so?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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