Maniac Magee Chapters 15-19

funny but annoying

• jabbered
• wiseacre
• unbeknownst

without one's knowledge

• jabbered
• incubating
• unbeknownst

twists and turns

• incubating
• poleax
• contortions

talked quietly but made no sense

• jabbered
• wiseacre
• poleax

to hit something like you would an ax

• contortions
• poleax
• incubating

taking care of something so it can develop

• incubating
• wiseacre
• unbeknownst

Why does Mrs Beale slap Maniac?

• She did not appreciate the way Maniac spoke to her.
• He refused to make his bed in the morning
• it was an accident

What was written on the outside of the Beale's house in chalk?

• Go to you own kind
• Fishbelly go home
• Go home whitey.

Has anyone ever been able to untie the Cobble's knot?

• yes
• no

How has living in the East End changed Maniac?

• It has not changed him
• He learns what it is like to be cared about and also about discrimination
• He becomes meaner and tougher