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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does "Hands" Down do in regard to Maniac that makes the older kids upset?
2. Who saves Arnold Jones in Chapter 5?
3. Why does Amanda stay up late the night of her argument with Maniac?
4. What is the confetti made out of that the townspeople throw for Maniac's celebration of untying the knot?
5. What does Maniac do to make McNab pitch the ball to him?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Amanda treat Maniac differently than everyone else in Chapter 11 and previous chapters?
2. How does Grayson's background shape the man he has become today?
3. How does the Beale household change now that Maniac lives there?
4. Maniac's life tale may be bigger than he actually is. What begins the exaggeration in Chapter 2?
5. What is Grayson so curious about that he obviously has no understanding of during his meal with Maniac at the diner?
6. 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?
7. How is the scene in the kitchen between Mrs. Beale and Maniac both ironic and symbolic?
8. How does Maniac get his nickname?
9. How is it that Maniac could have a meal at the Pickwell house and nobody questions his presence?
10. How does Maniac help others and what are his motives in doing so?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why doesn't Maniac choose to remain at the Pickwell house? Why does he not choose this loving family as his own when he knows that they would embrace him? What does this say about Maniac's past and his future?
Essay Topic 2
How is Amanda the staying power for Maniac? What makes her different from everyone else that he encounters? How does she ultimately change Maniac?
Essay Topic 3
What is the theme of the book concerning race? How is the theme expressed? What do the characters learn about race by the end of the novel?
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