Maniac Magee Final Review

Which of the following does NOT describe Maniac's early life?

• Maniac lived with his older sister and her husband

• When he was three, his parents were killed when the trolley they were on crashed into the river.

• His relatives didn't speak to each other. They had 2 of everything. Maniac spent part of his time with each one of them

• He lived with them for 8 years

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Which statement is TRUE?

• The blacks lived in the North End and the whites lived in the South End

• The blacks lived in Westport and the whites lived in Eastport

• The blacks lived in the South Side and whites lived in North Side.

• The blacks lived in the East End, and the whites lived in the West End.

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After dinner at the Pickwell house, Jeffrey ran somewhere that the other kids had only walked. Where was it?

• The side of the mountain in his bare feet

• Along the roofs of the houses on Hector Street

• The entire length of the P&W trolley route in one hour

• On the railroad tracks with a book in his hand

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The people in the town were all talking about Jeffrey and his deeds. Someone probably said, "Kid's gotta be a maniac." Others agreed. Since they didn't know his real name, they started calling him Maniac.

• true

• false

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Mars Bar and some friends followed Maniac and backed him against a wall. What happened next?

• A policeman saw them and stopped the fight

• A woman in the neighborhood hit Mars Bar and the others with her broom and chased them away

• Amanda found them. She kicked Mars Bar. Then she invited Maniac to her house.

• Maniac jumped over the wall and ran away.

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Which of the following did NOT happen in the Beale household after Maniac moved in?

• Hester and Lester started eating vegetables for dinner every night

• Hester and Lester stopped crayoning on the walls and furniture

• Hester and Lester began taking baths willingly

• Hester and Lester stopped damaging Amanda's books

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What happened to Maniac while the children were playing in the fire hydrant water?

• One of the older boys tried to drown Maniac

• The police stopped and asked him what he was doing in the East End

• He slipped and broke his leg

• An old man called him "Whitey" and told him to go back to his own kind

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What did Grayson ask Maniac to do?

• to play baseball with him

• to teach him to read

• to call his aunt and uncle and tell them he was fine

• to call him grandpa

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When did Maniac think about his parents being killed?

• He thought about it every time he visited Grayson's tomb at the cemetery

• He thought about it every night before he went to sleep

• He thought about it whenever he took a bath at the lake in the park

• He thought about it whenever he crossed the bridge over the Schuylkill River

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How did Maniac feel at the end of the book?

• He was scared

• He was sad

• He was content

• He was tired

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