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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 are the cabins in Valley Forge?

2. What does Mars Bar come to ask Maniac after the trolley incident?

3. What story does Maniac change in telling to the Pickwells?

4. What does Amanda say to Maniac about his going to her house?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What comparison does Maniac make between Hester and Lester and Russell and Piper in chapter 40?

3. How does Grayson't death affect Maniac?

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

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

6. What comparison does Maniac make between the Pickwells and the Beales in chapter 40?

7. How is the race between Maniac and Mars Bar uncharacteristic of Maniac?

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

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

10. Why does Maniac bring Mars Bar to Piper's birthday party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and why does Maniac take on the raising of Russell and Piper? Why does he have influence over them? What does this say about Maniac's character?

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

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?

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