Maniac Magee Chapters 22-32

After Grayson gives Maniac the soup and the zep, what else does the boy want to eat?

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Why doesn't Maniac want to go to school?

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Why does Grayson feel good after Maniac says, "If you try to make me [go to school] I'll just start running"?

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Why is the information about the Beale family shocking to Grayson?

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Why is The Little Engine That Could a good book for Grayson to read first?

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At the end of Chapter 28, what does "I'm okay... I'm okay--and he knew that was the truth of it" mean? What is this "truth"?

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Why does Maniac paint a number on the outside of the Band Shell Room? How does that relate to him looking at the Beales' address at the end of chapter 12?

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Why does Maniac and Grayson do so much decorating for Christmas?

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What does Grayson want to "say" to Maniac by giving the boy his old glove?

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Where was Maniac living?

• He was living at a homeless shelter.
• He was living in a cardboard box in a shelter.
• He was living in a buffalo pen at the zoo.
• He was living in a hollow tree in the park.

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