Maniac Magee Chapter 26-30

Grayson used to...

• Be a janitor

• Play in the Minors

• Be a football player

• Manage a zoo

What did Maniac teach Grayson?

• How to read

• How to connect with others

• How to take care of baby buffalos

• How to make a Zep

[the letter "c"] reminded [Grayson] of a bronc some cowboy dared him to ride in his Texas League days.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Assonance

• Hyperbole

"...but it was as if you couldn't tiptoe past a consonant without waking up a vowel"

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Foreshadowing

• Theme

His smile was so wide you would have to break it into sections to fit it through a doorway.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Foreshadowing

Why does Maniac say Amen?

• Because it shows that he really likes something

• Because he is very religious

• because he is bitter and ironic

• Because he has no idea what it means

The old man gave himself up [to sleep] and drifted off like a lazy, sky-high fly ball.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Plot

Why was Maniac trash talking at the football game? Choose the best answer.

• Because he was cheering on James "Hands" Down

• Because he was teaching Grayson to Soul-Speak

• Because he was not around Mrs. Beale

• Because he was in a fight with Mars Bar

Why did Maniac think that this was the best Thanksgiving dinner that he ever had? Be sure to TTQA, and use R.A.C.E to answer the question.

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Draw a picture of how you imagine the address sign that Maniac Magee made for the Band Shell looked.