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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. What does Maniac give Grayson for Christmas?
2. What does Maniac do after he discovers Grayson is dead?
3. What do the Pickwells believe that Mars Bar carries with him all of the time?
4. What does John believe is going to happen at some point with the East Enders?
5. Where does Mars Bar take Russell after the trolley incident?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Amanda get her way in the final chapter of the novel?
2. What happens to Russell and why can't Maniac save him?
3. Why does Maniac work so hard to get Russell and Piper to go to school?
4. In what way does Maniac come to know everyone in town?
5. What contradiction does Maniac experience coming from a reunion at the Beales and going to the McNabs?
6. How does Mars Bar's rescue of Russell help change the prejudices of the town?
7. What part of the day does Maniac enjoy the most and why now that June was on its way?
8. Who saves Maniac from freezing to death and how do they go about it?
9. At the end of Chapter 33, in January, what does Maniac decide about his life?
10. How are the two young boys that Maniac finds in the park cabin connected to Maniac?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is Maniac's inner conflict? What is the resolution of that conflict? Do you think the resolution of the conflict will be permanent? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
What does Hector Street symbolize? How does the street affect the lives of those in both the East End and the West End?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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