Maniac Magee Ch. 15 - 21

Where does Maniac walk at the end of Part 1?

• to the West End

• out of town

• to the East End

• to the Beale's house

"The right thing was to make sure the Beales didn't get hurt anymore. He couldn't keep letting them pay such a price for him." What does this quote mean?

• Maniac was clumsy and was hurting people in the family by mistake.

• It was expensive for the Beales to keep taking care of Maniac.

• Maniac blamed himself for people acting out against the Beale family through vandalism and property destruction.

• Maniac was going to call the police to protect the Beale family.

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Who did Amanda blame for the destruction of encyclopedia A in chapter 21?

• Maniac

• Mars Bar

• Hester and Lester

• herself

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"Cobble's Knot was dead." What type of figurative language is this quote an example of?

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

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Why did Amanda want Maniac to untie Cobble's Knot?

• to get free pizza

• so that everyone would like him

• to get 60 seconds at the candy counter

• to bring more business to Cobbles Corner

When Maniac and Amanda argue in chapter 18, which statement hurts Maniac?

• "I know you put my pillow on the floor."

• "You'll freeze to death in the winter."

• "You could live in a gopher hole."

• "You can't get a library card without an address!"

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What is the best text evidence from chapter 17 to support the fact that Amanda, Hester, and Lester are trying to keep Maniac away from the Beale house while Mrs. Beale cleans the vandalism?

• "Maniac! C'mon! We're gonna run too! Let's go that way!"

• "Maniac checked the sun."

• "He started getting up earlier than usual, not to sneak some time with the A book- just to run."

• "Amanda just gawked."

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Chapter 15: What did trash talk remind Maniac of?

• his parents

• his old friends

• song lyrics

• church

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"...the Knot wasn't his enemy at all, but an old pal just playing a little trick on him." The author, Jerry Spinelli, uses personification when describing Cobble's Knot because...

• he wants to add entertainment and suspense to the scene making the Knot seem like it's almost alive, like it could fight back.

• the Knot was actually a person.

• he wants to confuse the reader.

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What type of figurative language is used in this quote from chapter 20: "...the knot hanging above him like a small hairy planet."

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• simile

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