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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Grayson teach Maniac after their many weeks together?
(a) How to mend fences.
(b) How to line a baseball diamond.
(c) How to feed the buffalo.
(d) How to pitch.

2. Why does Grayson take Maniac to the equipment room?
(a) So Grayson can become famous for saving Maniac.
(b) Maniac has passed out.
(c) To hide Maniac from the black kids.
(d) To give Maniac a new baseball bat.

3. Why does Maniac allow the McNab boys to continue asking him to do the feats?
(a) It keeps him busy.
(b) It keeps them in school where they need to be.
(c) It keeps him out of trouble.
(d) It keeps the McNab boys out of trouble.

4. With what does Mars Bar Thompson challenge Maniac?
(a) A neighborhood woman.
(b) His fist.
(c) A candy bar.
(d) A baseball bat.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Amanda for the first and only time in Chapter 3?

2. What best describes the McNab house?

3. How does Maniac make the deal even better for the McNab boys to go to school?

4. What is Maniac concerned about in regard to the book he has gotten from Amanda?

5. What is the prize for untying the Cobble's Knot?

(see the answer key)

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