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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 last thing does Maniac do before he leaves the band shell?
(a) He empties it.
(b) He paints over the number 101.
(c) He destroys it.
(d) He throws out all of Grayson's belongings.

2. What do the two young boys in the second cabin continuously call Maniac?
(a) Meatball.
(b) Sausage.
(c) Nerd.
(d) Jerk.

3. What does Maniac tell the McNab boys about Mexico so that they will not want to go there?
(a) It is volcano season.
(b) There is no pizza there.
(c) Little boys are eaten there.
(d) There are huge bugs in Mexico.

4. What does Mars Bar challenge Maniac to?
(a) A boxing match.
(b) A bike race.
(c) A running race.
(d) A fistfight.

5. What makes Maniac run from the graveyard?
(a) He does not want to see who is coming.
(b) He thinks he sees a ghost.
(c) He is angry with the pallbearers.
(d) He is too upset over his loss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mars Bar afraid that Russell was going to do to after the trolley incident?

2. Why does Maniac allow the McNab boys to continue asking him to do the feats?

3. What does Russell attempt to travel with?

4. What does Maniac have to convince John that he hadn't done after delivering back his brothers?

5. What legendary feat does Mars Bar perform for the Pickwell children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What contradiction does Maniac experience coming from a reunion at the Beales and going to the McNabs?

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

3. Who saves Maniac from freezing to death and how do they go about it?

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

5. How does the situation with Mars Bar climax at Piper's birthday party and how does Mars Bar deal with it all?

6. How does Amanda get her way in the final chapter of the novel?

7. What do the worms symbolize?

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

9. What tale does Mars Bar tell Maniac about Russell?

10. What kind of a home do the McNabs live in?

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