Maniac Magee Chapters 1-11

a passenger train that runs on an overhead rail or track

• trolley

• lumbered

• whirl

• hoist

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

having a bad reputation

• infamous

• lumbered

• emanations

• suffice

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Which of the following does not describe dinner at the Pickwell house?

• There were 10 Pickwell children.
• Mrs. Pickwell rang a big dinner bell and all of the kids ran home.
• None of the kids were ever late for dinner.
• Mr. Pickwell also invited a taxi driver for dinner.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

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Which sentence describes John McNab?

• John McNab was 14 years old, 6'5" tall and weighed 210 pounds.
• John McNab was 12 years old, 5'8" tall, and weighed more than 170 pounds.
• John McNab was 13 years old, only 4'9" tall and weighed 100 pounds.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

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CCSS.RL.8.3

How did the play between Jeffrey and John McNab end?

• McNab pitched a frog; Jeffrey bunted it and made a home run
• McNab pitched a fast ball; Jeffrey hit it out of the park, ran after it, and never came back.
• Jeffrey pitched his famous Maniac ball; McNab couldn't hit it, and lost the game.
• Jeffrey pitched a slow ball; McNab hit it, but Maniac caught it in the air and tagged him out.

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

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CCSS.RL.6.2

True or False: 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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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

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CCSS.RL.7.6

Where did Jeffrey sleep?

• in a junkyard full of abandoned cars.
• in the basement storeroom of the library; he sneaked in through a broken window.
• in the deer shed at the Elmwood Park Zoo.
• in the garage at one of the churches in town.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

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McNab and his pals, the Cobras, found Maniac on the train rail.  They started throwing stones at him.  Where did Maniac run to get away from them?

• into the Pickwell house
• to the buffalo pen at the zoo
• across Hector Street into East End
• up the P&W trestle and ran on the bridge over the river.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

True or False: Maniac challenged Mars Bar to a race through the neighborhood.  It was unthinkable because no white boy had ever run through the black neighborhood.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

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What happened to Amanda's book when Mars Bar snatched it?

• Mars Bar set it on fire.
• Maniac got it back and it was in perfect condition.
• Mars Bar threw it in the street and a truck ran over it.
• One paged ripped before Maniac got it back.

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