Where was Maniac living? 

• at a homeless shelter in downtown Bridgeport
• n a cardboard box behind the shopping center 
• in the buffalo pen at the Elmwood Park Zoo 
• in a hollow tree in the woods

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Grayson found Maniac. Where did he take Maniac? 

• to the school principal 
• to the emergency room at the hospital 
• to the empty band shell 
• to his daughter's house 

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What did Grayson and Maniac do first? 

• They went shopping for new clothes for Maniac. 
• They went to the YMCA and Maniac had a shower. 
• They drove around the park. 
• They went out to buy Butterscotch Krimpets. 

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True or False: Grayson was the park superintendent. 

• True 
• False 

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True or False: Maniac said he would run away if Grayson tried to make him go to school. 

• True 
• False 

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What kind of questions did Grayson ask Maniac? 

• about Maniac's life before he came to Two Mills 
• about the way the black people in the East End lived 
• Maniac's favorite foods 
• how Maniac untied Cobble's Knot 

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True or False: Maniac said he wanted to stay at the YMCA with Grayson. 

• True 
• False 

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What did Maniac discover about Grayson's past? 

• Grayson had been in jail for robbery. 
• Grayson had been a hero in World War II. 
• Grayson had been a minor league baseball player. 
• Grayson's wife and children had been killed in a train wreck. 

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What did Maniac and Grayson do together in the afternoons? 

• They ran track, cleaned the zoo, and cooked dinner. 
• They drove around town and collected tin cans to recycle. 
• They fed the animals at the zoo and watched TV at the YMCA. 
• They repaired fences, told stories, and played baseball. 

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How was Maniac keeping up with his education? 

• He was watching educational shows on the television at the department store. 
• He took old newspapers out of the trash and read them every day. 
• He read books at the bookstore in town. 
• He used the money Grayson gave him for Krimpets, and bought used books at the library. Every morning he read and studied. 

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