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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What are the raisins in the McNab house?
(a) Rat feces.
(b) Cat feces.
(c) Raisins.
(d) Cockroaches.
2. What does Amanda do to wake up Maniac at the zoo?
(a) She bites his ear.
(b) She pulls his ear.
(c) She scares the buffalo.
(d) She kicks him.
3. Where does Mars Bar take Russell after the trolley incident?
(a) To Mars Bar's home.
(b) To Russell's home.
(c) To Amanda's home.
(d) To the hospital.
4. What part of the day does Maniac like best of all now that it is almost June?
(a) Afternoons when everyone is around.
(b) Morning before anyone awakes.
(c) Night after everyone is asleep.
(d) Evenings for the sunsets.
5. Why does Maniac stop crossing the Schuylkill?
(a) It reminds him of his parents' death.
(b) It is frozen and dangerous.
(c) He wants to head in a different direction.
(d) He is tired of going back and forth.
6. Where does Maniac sleep now that it is almost June?
(a) In the zoo.
(b) Mostly in the park.
(c) Wherever he ends up at the end of the day.
(d) Usually at the lake.
7. How long do the feats go on for before the perilous one is asked?
(a) Six months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) One month.
8. What is Mars Bar afraid that Russell was going to do to after the trolley incident?
(a) Kiss him.
(b) Go back to the trestle.
(c) Cry.
(d) Hit Piper.
9. Where do Maniac and Grayson go on Christmas morning?
(a) To the baseball field.
(b) To the diner.
(c) To the Beale's house.
(d) To the zoo.
10. Why do the other children want to touch Maniac after he speaks with whoever answered Finsterwald's door?
(a) They want to see if he is cold.
(b) They want to congratulate him.
(c) They want to touch a famous person.
(d) They think Maniac might be a ghost.
11. What legendary feat does Mars Bar perform for the Pickwell children?
(a) Stopping a train.
(b) Stopping traffic with a glare.
(c) Killing a snake with his bare hands.
(d) Walking in front of a bus.
12. What falls out of the ceiling frightening Mars Bar badly?
(a) A grenade.
(b) A snake.
(c) Russell.
(d) A Cobra.
13. What does Maniac say when Amanda tells him that they are going home?
(a) "I can't."
(b) "Great."
(c) "No."
(d) "I don't want to go there."
14. What makes Maniac run from the graveyard?
(a) He thinks he sees a ghost.
(b) He is too upset over his loss.
(c) He is angry with the pallbearers.
(d) He does not want to see who is coming.
15. What story does Maniac tell to help John with his brothers?
(a) That Maniac cheated.
(b) That John threw a stopball that Maniac could not hit.
(c) That John had been searching for the boys.
(d) That Maniac really didn't hit John's fastballs.
Short Answer Questions
1. What new name has Amanda given to Mars Bar?
2. What do the McNab brothers do when they discover that they were actually with Maniac--the famous guy?
3. What does Maniac experience in early July in the early mornings?
4. What can Maniac hear even further away than before, now that he is not living in any particular home in chapter 43?
5. What does Grayson give to Maniac for Christmas?
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