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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. Why are Hester, Lester, and Amanda keeping Maniac from going home early one morning in Chapter 17?

2. How does Maniac respond when Grayson asks him about attending school?

3. It is such a hot August day that the kids decide to play in what?

4. What happens to Maniac Magee's parents?

5. What do the high school kids do to Arnold Jones in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Maniac paint 101 on the front door of the equipment room?

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

3. How does Maniac manage to infuriate McNab and does he do it on purpose?

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

5. What is Grayson so curious about that he obviously has no understanding of during his meal with Maniac at the diner?

6. The fact that Maniac takes a nap during the untying of the famous knot says a lot about the way he perceives the event. What does it say?

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

8. How is Maniac blind?

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

10. Chapter 14 ends with Mrs. Beale asking Maniac whether he is Maniac or not. He responds saying that he is Jeffrey. She states that in her house he will always be Jeffrey. What does this mean for the two of them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the relationship between Maniac and Mars Bar grow? What do each of the boys give to the other that each is lacking? How does this relationship epitomize the good in human nature?

Essay Topic 2

Whom are the major conflicts in the book between? Are they resolved? If so, how are these conflicts resolved?

Essay Topic 3

Why is Maniac able to fit into both the black community and the white community? Since he can do this, what does he see that others who cannot fit in don't see?

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