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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. Where do Maniac and Grayson go on Christmas morning?
(a) To the diner.
(b) To the Beale's house.
(c) To the baseball field.
(d) To the zoo.

2. Why does Maniac bring Mars Bar to Piper's birthday party?
(a) Because he hates Mars Bar.
(b) Because he knows Mars Bar will have fun.
(c) Because he wants to scare Mars Bar.
(d) Because he wants the blacks and whites to be together.

3. What does Maniac make the McNab boys return to Dorsey's Grocery?
(a) Twenty-five candy bars.
(b) Stolen comic books.
(c) Fifty bubblegums.
(d) A shopping cart.

4. What do the Pickwells believe that Mars Bar carries with him all of the time?
(a) A gun.
(b) One hundred Milky Ways.
(c) One hundred Mars Bars.
(d) A basketball.

5. What are the raisins in the McNab house?
(a) Cockroaches.
(b) Cat feces.
(c) Rat feces.
(d) Raisins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many nights does Maniac stay in the cabin in Valley Forge?

2. When Maniac returned to the West End in Chapter 40, where does he go first?

3. What won't Maniac do for food?

4. What new name has Amanda given to Mars Bar?

5. What does Maniac do as a feat with the mysterious hole at the creek?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 33, in January, what does Maniac decide about his life?

2. What precious gift does Grayson give to Maniac for Christmas and how does it affect Maniac?

3. How does Maniac manipulate Russell and Piper and how do they manipulate Maniac?

4. In January, after Grayson's death, where does Maniac live and how does he take care of himself?

5. How are the two young boys that Maniac finds in the park cabin connected to Maniac?

6. How do the McNabs show their true prejudice during Piper's birthday party?

7. What heroic feats does Maniac perform for Russell and Piper?

8. Why does Maniac knowingly let the McNab boys give him crazy feats to perform?

9. What comparison does Maniac make between the Pickwells and the Beales in chapter 40?

10. What happens to Russell and why can't Maniac save him?

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