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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What method does Maniac use to try to keep Russell and Piper in school after he came back to the McNabs'?
(a) He made them lunches to take with them.
(b) He organized marble tournaments during recess.
(c) He bribed them with money.
(d) He threatened them with punishments.

2. What can Maniac hear even further away than before, now that he is not living in any particular home in chapter 43?
(a) Kids playing in the park.
(b) Mrs. Pickwell's whistle.
(c) The train whistle.
(d) Amanda's bicycle bell.

3. What are the McNabs and Cobras building in the dining room of the McNab house?
(a) A fortress.
(b) A castle.
(c) A wall.
(d) A barbeque pit.

4. What actually keeps the McNab boys going to school?
(a) Their father's wrath.
(b) John's threat.
(c) The attention they get from living with Maniac.
(d) Pizza.

5. What does Maniac make the McNab boys return to Dorsey's Grocery?
(a) Fifty bubblegums.
(b) Stolen comic books.
(c) A shopping cart.
(d) Twenty-five candy bars.

6. Why won't Mars Bar climb the fence where the buffalo are?
(a) He is afraid the buffalo will stomp him.
(b) He is afraid of the barbed wire.
(c) He is afraid the buffalo will eat him.
(d) He is afraid to climb.

7. Who comes running up to Maniac after the race with Mars Bar is over?
(a) Hester and Lester.
(b) Russell and Piper.
(c) Amanda.
(d) "Hands" Down.

8. How long do the feats go on for before the perilous one is asked?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) One month.
(d) Six months.

9. Where does Mars Bar find Maniac after the trolley incident?
(a) At Cobble's.
(b) With the buffalo.
(c) At Amanda's house.
(d) In the equipment room.

10. How long is the challenge for in Finsterwald's backyard?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) Ten minutes.
(c) Five minutes.
(d) Two minutes.

11. What new item does Mars Bar show Maniac when Maniac returns to town in chapter 38?
(a) Tattoos.
(b) Expensive sneakers.
(c) Braces.
(d) A bike.

12. What does Maniac tell the McNab boys about Mexico so that they will not want to go there?
(a) Little boys are eaten there.
(b) There are huge bugs in Mexico.
(c) There is no pizza there.
(d) It is volcano season.

13. What is the most perilous feat that the McNab boys ask Maniac to perform?
(a) To play against "Hands" Down.
(b) To go to the East End.
(c) To challenge Mars Bar.
(d) To kill a snake.

14. When does John believe the incident with the East Enders will happen?
(a) In the summer.
(b) In the winter.
(c) In a week.
(d) In a month.

15. What do Russell and Piper fear has happened to Maniac while in the East End?
(a) He has been kidnapped.
(b) He has decided to stay there.
(c) He has been killed.
(d) He has been tortured.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are all of the boys bringing into the dining room of the McNab house?

2. Where are the two boys in the second cabin going?

3. Amanda tells Maniac he needs to be sorry for a few things. Which does she NOT tell him to be sorry for?

4. What does Mars Bar call Maniac when they meet again in chapter 38?

5. What last thing does Maniac do before he leaves the band shell?

(see the answer keys)

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