Maniac Magee Chapter 1-5

Chapter 1 can be described as....

• an insight into Maniac's personality

• details about Maniac's appearance

• an explanation of why Maniac ran away from home

• background information about the East and West sides of Hector street

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A good title for Chapters 2-5 could be...

• Getting Into Trouble

• Maniac's First Day at the East End

• Meet Amanda Beale

• A Football Star in the Making

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From which point of view is Maniac Magee written?

• first- person point of view- The author tells the story through the eyes of the protagonist, Jeffery 'Maniac' Magee

• third-person limited point of view - The

  narrator follows Maniac and only reveals his

  thoughts.

• second person point of view - The author

  describes events as if they are happening to

  you. The reader is a participant in the action

  of this story.

• third-person omniscient - The narrator

  knows details about all the characters.

The reader can make all of the following

conclusions after reading Chapters 1-5 except--

• Maniac is good at taking care of himself.

• Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan never found Maniac

  after he ran away.

• Maniac’s favorite book is a story about the

  Children’s Crusade.

• Maniac doesn’t know that he is supposed to be

  afraid of 803 Oriole Street.

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The author, Jerry Spinelli, uses a lot of

• hyperbole

• scientific facts

• onomatopoeia

• historical details

Which sentence does not belong?

• The quarterback, Brian Denehy, threw a sixty-

  yarder to James “Hands” Down.

• Before the ball could reach Hands, Maniac caught it.

• Maniac ran up the field through all the other players.

• When Maniac reached the soccer field, he punted the ball

  into Hand’s outstretched hands.

Which question does the reader NOT know

the answer to after reading the first five

chapters of Maniac Magee?

• How does Maniac survive living on his own?

• What is Maniac good at doing?

• What does Maniac want from Amanda

  Beale?

• What happened to cause Maniac to run

  away?

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How does the setting shape the plot?

• Maniac goes through school property even

  though he hasn’t attended school in over a

  year.

• Maniac runs away from Hollidaysburg and

  ends up in Two Mills 200 miles away.

• Maniac goes to the East End, a neighborhood

  where only African Americans live. There he

  stands out because he is the only Caucasian.

• Maniac was born in an ordinary house in

  Bridgeport.