Maniac Magee Quiz

What happened to Jeffrey Lionel Magee’s parents?

• They ran away from Bridgeport.

• They were killed in a trolley accident.

• They moved away and left Jeffrey with his aunt and uncle.

What did Jeffrey think when he first met Amanda Beale?

• He thought she was going to the library.

• He thought they would be best friends.

• He thought she was running away because she had a lot of things with her.

Why did Jeffrey Magee become known as Maniac?

• No one knew his real name.

• He completed amazing feats, so people called him Maniac.

• He started calling himself Maniac, so others did too.

What does this sentence mean? "The Cobras were laughing because they figured the dumb, scraggly runt would get out of the East End in about as good shape as a bare big toe in a convention of snapping turtles."

• The Cobras thought Maniac would get a pet turtle.

• The Cobras expected Maniac to be popular in the East End.

• The Cobras thought he would get hurt because of his skin color.

What can you conclude about the Beales when they insisted Maniac stay with them because he didn’t have a home to live in?

• They want him to babysit Hester and Lester.

• They are kind and don’t care that he has a different skin color.

• They think Maniac will help make their kid popular.

Why did Hester, Lester, and Amanda try to keep Maniac from going home to Sycamore after his morning run? (Chapter 17)

• They didn’t want him to see the hate message written on the house.

• They didn’t want him to live with them anymore.

• They were planning a surprise party for him.

What does it tell you about Grayson in Chapter 27 when the author writes, “His smile was so wide he’d have had to break it into sections to fit it through the doorway?”

• Grayson was trying to hide the fact that he felt sad.

• Grayson pretended to be happy so he made his smile bigger than usual.

• Grayson had a huge smile because he was happy he learned to read.

What caused the change in the relationship between Maniac and McNab?

• Maniac allowed McNab to finally strike him out.

• Maniac brought McNab’s runaway brothers home safely.

• Maniac brought McNab to the Pickwells, who treated him kindly.

In Chapter 38, Maniac said he wasn’t afraid of the so-called black people, but what was he afraid of?

• He was afraid of any trouble he might cause.

• He was afraid of the West Enders.

• He was afraid of someone calling him names.

What does Amanda think will make Maniac popular with everyone in the East End?

• Cobble's Knot

• Going back to the West End

• Reading more books

• Eating the most pizza