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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. How does Maniac convince the boys to go back to Two Mills?
(a) Free pizza.
(b) He tells them he is a cop.
(c) He tells them he is Maniac.
(d) He tells them their parents are looking for them.

2. How does Maniac make the deal even better for the McNab boys to go to school?
(a) He says he will teach them how to pitch.
(b) He says he will eat five cockroaches.
(c) He says he will eat pizza even though he is allergic.
(d) He says he will knock on Finsterwald's door.

3. What won't Maniac do for food?
(a) He will not do odd jobs.
(b) He will not go to soup kitchens.
(c) He will not take it from the zoo.
(d) He will not beg.

4. What does Maniac give Grayson for Christmas?
(a) A book Maniac wrote.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A chapter book.
(d) A new baseball.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Russell attempt to travel with?

2. What does Maniac tell Mars Bar that the structure is in the dining room of the McNab house?

3. Why does Maniac bring Mars Bar to Piper's birthday party?

4. What deal does Maniac first make with the McNab boys about school?

5. Why does Maniac take Mars Bar to the Pickwells?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the worms symbolize?

2. How do Maniac and Mars Bar find their way back into each other's lives?

3. What tale does Mars Bar tell Maniac about Russell?

4. What happens to Russell and why can't Maniac save him?

5. What part of the day does Maniac enjoy the most and why now that June was on its way?

6. How are the two young boys that Maniac finds in the park cabin connected to Maniac?

7. How do the McNabs show their true prejudice during Piper's birthday party?

8. What comparison does Maniac make between Hester and Lester and Russell and Piper in chapter 40?

9. What comparison does Maniac make between the Pickwells and the Beales in chapter 40?

10. Why does Maniac work so hard to get Russell and Piper to go to school?

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