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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 legendary feat does Mars Bar perform for the Pickwell children?
(a) Stopping a train.
(b) Killing a snake with his bare hands.
(c) Stopping traffic with a glare.
(d) Walking in front of a bus.

2. What do the McNabs call the thing that they are building in the dining room of the McNab house?
(a) Bazooka.
(b) Bow Wow.
(c) Death.
(d) The pillbox.

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

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

5. What does Maniac say when Amanda tells him that they are going home?
(a) "Great."
(b) "I don't want to go there."
(c) "No."
(d) "I can't."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maniac make the McNab boys return to Dorsey's Grocery?

2. What are the cabins in Valley Forge?

3. What story does Maniac change in telling to the Pickwells?

4. How do Maniac and Mars react to each other when they first begin running together?

5. When does John believe the incident with the East Enders will happen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What heroic feats does Maniac perform for Russell and Piper?

6. Why does Maniac knowingly let the McNab boys give him crazy feats to perform?

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

8. In January, after Grayson's death, where does Maniac live and how does he take care of himself?

9. What relationships have been solidified by the end of the novel?

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

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