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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 do the Cobras come to do in the McNab house?
(a) Drink soda and play video games.
(b) Drink soda and play football.
(c) Drink beer and play cards.
(d) Drink beer and play football.

2. When does John believe the incident with the East Enders will happen?
(a) In a month.
(b) In the winter.
(c) In a week.
(d) In the summer.

3. Why doesn't Maniac leave the McNab boys when they drive him crazy?
(a) He is afraid that they will follow him.
(b) He is afraid that they will cry.
(c) He is afraid that they will rot completely without him.
(d) He is afraid that they will run away again.

4. How do Maniac and Mars react to each other when they first begin running together?
(a) They tell jokes.
(b) They don't speak or look at each other.
(c) They challenge each other.
(d) They apologize to each other.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Maniac tell to help John with his brothers?

2. What does Maniac do as a feat with the bison pen?

3. What does Maniac do after he sees Russell in trouble?

4. Why does Mars Bar hate Maniac at the end of Chapter 38?

5. What does the trolley remind Maniac of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What relationships have been solidified by the end of the novel?

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

5. In what way does Maniac come to know everyone in town?

6. Why does Maniac take Mars Bar to the Pickwells?

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

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

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

10. How do Maniac and Mars Bar find their way back into each other's lives?

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