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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Maniac wonder about Black people?
(a) Why they celebrate the Fourth of July with the white people.
(b) Why they don't come to the West End.
(c) Why they live on the East End.
(d) Why they call themselves black.
2. What does Mrs. Beale finally ask Maniac one day while he is licking icing?
(a) "Where are your parents?"
(b) "Where did you come from?"
(c) "Why don't you have a home?"
(d) "Are you Maniac?"
3. What does Maniac paint on the outside of the band shell?
(a) Amen.
(b) Beware of buffalos.
(c) The number 101.
(d) Fishbelly.
4. Why does Maniac use only one hand to handle the football?
(a) He only has one hand.
(b) His other hand is hurt.
(c) He is holding a book with the other one.
(d) He is showing off.
5. What does Maniac do for fifteen minutes before completing the knot?
(a) He drinks an orange soda.
(b) He prays.
(c) He reads a book.
(d) He takes a nap.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Grayson teach Maniac after their many weeks together?
2. What does Mars Bar Thompson take from Maniac?
3. What does Maniac say to the passersby when he first runs to Two Mills?
4. What is being called over and over again to Maniac when the kids are playing on that hot August day in chapter 17?
5. How long does Maniac stay with his aunt and uncle?
Short Essay Questions
1. Maniac's life tale may be bigger than he actually is. What begins the exaggeration in Chapter 2?
2. The fact that Maniac takes a nap during the untying of the famous knot says a lot about the way he perceives the event. What does it say?
3. Why does Amanda think the Cobble Knot will solve Maniac's problems?
4. How does the Beale household change now that Maniac lives there?
5. Right at the start of this novel, the reader knows that the main character is going to have a different life than the normal pre-teen. How so?
6. What does the reader learn about Maniac's personality through the scene of Mars Bar and Maniac and the candy bar?
7. Why is the big black man so upset that Maniac is playing in the fire hydrant water?
8. What do Grayson and Maniac teach each other and how does it affect them?
9. How might Amanda Beale's character be a good match for Maniac?
10. How does Amanda treat Maniac differently than everyone else in Chapter 11 and previous chapters?
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