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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did the gas station attendant trick Grayson when he was a rookie?
2. What happens to Amanda for the first and only time in Chapter 3?
3. What does Maniac want to do when he finds Amanda crying on her doorstep?
4. Why does Mrs. Beale get mad at Maniac the day she is making meatloaf?
5. How does Amanda react to Mars Bar concerning the ripped book?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the Beale's show that they are not prejudiced people?
2. How does Maniac manage to infuriate McNab and does he do it on purpose?
3. How might Amanda Beale's character be a good match for Maniac?
4. How does Maniac get his nickname?
5. How does Maniac impress the star quarterback, Brian Denehy in Chapter 4?
6. How does Maniac help others and what are his motives in doing so?
7. What stops McNab and the Cobras from chasing Maniac after the home run hit? What does this say about the boys?
8. 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?
9. Why does Maniac walk right out of town after he realizes that the encyclopedia has been used for confetti?
10. How does the Beale household change now that Maniac lives there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Maniac truly searching for for himself? How is this search a theme of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Chapter 14 ends with this quote, "Inside a house a kid gets one name, but on the other side of the door, it's whatever the rest of the world wants to call him." How and why does Maniac wear one "mask" inside and one outside? How does this apply to all of mankind?
Essay Topic 3
What does Hector Street symbolize? How does the street affect the lives of those in both the East End and the West End?
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