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

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

3. Where does Maniac wind up after he runs from the baseball game?
(a) In the East End of town.
(b) At the house where he ate spaghetti.
(c) At Amanda's house.
(d) His shed at the zoo.

4. Why are Hester, Lester, and Amanda keeping Maniac from going home early one morning in Chapter 17?
(a) They do not want him to see the big black man is at their house.
(b) They do not want him to see that the police are at their house.
(c) They do not want him to see that their house has been toilet papered.
(d) They do not want him to see that the house has been vandalized.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Grayson play?

2. Why does Maniac decide to leave town?

3. Why do the people of Two Mills give Jeffrey his nickname?

4. What is the confetti made out of that the townspeople throw for Maniac's celebration of untying the knot?

5. What do the high school kids do to Arnold Jones in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Amanda think the Cobble Knot will solve Maniac's problems?

2. Chapter 14 ends with Mrs. Beale asking Maniac whether he is Maniac or not. He responds saying that he is Jeffrey. She states that in her house he will always be Jeffrey. What does this mean for the two of them?

3. What do Grayson and Maniac teach each other and how does it affect them?

4. What is the underlying reason that Maniac wants to leave town after the incident at the fire hydrant party?

5. How does Grayson's background shape the man he has become today?

6. How does Amanda treat Maniac differently than everyone else in Chapter 11 and previous chapters?

7. How does the Beale household change now that Maniac lives there?

8. What stops McNab and the Cobras from chasing Maniac after the home run hit? What does this say about the boys?

9. How does Maniac get his nickname?

10. How is it that Maniac could have a meal at the Pickwell house and nobody questions his presence?

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