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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does Maniac get his schooling?
(a) He buys old books from the library.
(b) Grayson teaches him from old books.
(c) Maniac goes to school.
(d) Maniac studies in the library.

2. What happens at the school musical?
(a) Manaic sings beautifully.
(b) Aunt Dot asks Uncle Dan for a divorce.
(c) Maniac sings badly.
(d) Maniac screams for a long time.

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

4. What do Maniac and Grayson do on Thanksgiving Day in the cold?
(a) They go watch the high school football game.
(b) They go ice-skating.
(c) They play baseball.
(d) They go to the zoo.

5. How long does it take Maniac to untie the Cobble's Knot?
(a) Fifteen minutes.
(b) Four hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) All day.

6. Who does Grayson say took Maniac's buffalo rag clothes away?
(a) The US Army.
(b) The street cleaners.
(c) The Sanitation Department.
(d) The buffalo.

7. What happens to Maniac Magee's parents?
(a) They die in a plane crash.
(b) They die in a trolley crash.
(c) They die in a train crash.
(d) They die in a car crash.

8. What can't Maniac see about what is going on around him in chapter 16?
(a) That Amanda is mad at him.
(b) That some kids do not like him.
(c) That his skin isn't white.
(d) That he is no longer welcome at the Beale's home.

9. What changes in the Beale household now that Maniac is there?
(a) The yellow bucket is used more.
(b) Amanda takes baths again with the children.
(c) The children start to tie their own shoes.
(d) The children are better behaved.

10. What does the boy give to Maniac while he is untying the knot?
(a) A Ring Ding.
(b) A Peanut Butter Kandy Kake.
(c) A Butterscotch Krimpet.
(d) A Devil Dog.

11. Why does Grayson not know how to read?
(a) He heard his teacher say he was never going to learn to read.
(b) He never went to school.
(c) He has a learning disability.
(d) His parents were drunks.

12. Where did Grayson play baseball?
(a) In the Majors.
(b) In high school.
(c) In the Minors.
(d) In vacant lots.

13. Which of the following is not a reason why the bigger kids from all over come to the vacant lot to see Maniac?
(a) To test him.
(b) To see how good he really was.
(c) To see if everything they heard was true.
(d) To tell him that he was not welcome in their town.

14. How does Amanda react to Mars Bar concerning the ripped book?
(a) She yells at him and kicks him.
(b) She helps Mars beat up Maniac.
(c) She takes the book and pedals away on her bike.
(d) She tells him to say he is sorry.

15. What is Grayson curious about that he asks Maniac while Maniac eats at the diner?
(a) How black people live.
(b) How Maniac came to live with the buffalo.
(c) How Maniac untied the Cobble's Knot.
(d) How Maniac got his name.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Mars Bar Thompson challenge Maniac?

2. Where does Maniac live while he stays in Two Mills?

3. What does the big black man shout about on that hot August day in chapter 17?

4. When does Maniac return to school?

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

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