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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the big black man shout about on that hot August day in chapter 17?
(a) That white people never have enough.
(b) That white people are ruining his neighborhood.
(c) That white people waste everything.
(d) That white people shouldn't swim in his water.

2. What does Mrs. Beale finally ask Maniac one day while he is licking icing?
(a) "Are you Maniac?"
(b) "Why don't you have a home?"
(c) "Where did you come from?"
(d) "Where are your parents?"

3. What does Maniac do to make McNab pitch the ball to him?
(a) He challenges McNab.
(b) He takes a hat off another player.
(c) He stands at the bag and waits.
(d) He insults McNab.

4. What happens to Amanda for the first and only time in Chapter 3?
(a) She falls in love.
(b) She trips and falls.
(c) She is late to school.
(d) She lends one of her books.

5. What is being called over and over again to Maniac when the kids are playing on that hot August day in chapter 17?
(a) Loser.
(b) Fishbelly.
(c) Whitey.
(d) Trash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Amanda carrying to school in her suitcase?

2. With what does Mars Bar Thompson challenge Maniac?

3. What does John McNab do to the Green Sox team at the Little League game?

4. Why does Maniac decide to leave town?

5. Where does Maniac wind up after he runs from the baseball game?

(see the answer key)

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