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Maniac Magee Part II (comp. check up)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Grayson's famous pitch?

a)

fastball

b)

stop and go ball

c)

stopball

d)

knuckle ball

2.

What was something that Grayson didn't know how to do?

a)

add and subtract

b)

make an apple pie

c)

jump rope

d)

read

3.

What letter gave Grayson the most trouble while learning to read?

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

4.

What was the first book that Grayson read?

a)

How to Make an Apple Pie

b)

I Can Do It, Can You?

c)

The Little Engine That Could

d)

Encyclopedia A

5.

What does Maniac get that makes him feel at home?

a)

having a bed to sleep in

b)

getting an address

c)

getting a microwave oven

d)

having somebody to look up to

6.

What did Maniac and Grayson decorate in the forest?

a)

an evergreen

b)

an abandoned house

c)

a deer

d)

a stump of a tree

7.

Who was somebody Grayson struck out?

a)

Babe Ruth

b)

Hands Down

c)

Willie Mays

d)

John McNab

8.

What was the most important thing Grayson gave Maniac for Christmas?

a)

his baseball glove

b)

Butterscotch Krimpets

c)

a baseball

d)

a book

9.

What does Maniac do after Grayson's funeral?

a)

goes back to the Beale's house

b)

meets Larry and Gary

c)

goes to his aunt's and uncle's house

d)

runs

10.

What was the name of the book Maniac gave Grayson for Christmas?

a)

The Little Engine That Could

b)

The Story of Babar

c)

The Man Who Struck Out Willie Mays

d)

Mike Mulligan's Steam Shovel

11.

Why did Grayson leave Maniac?

a)

He moved back to the YMCA.

b)

He moved in with his son.

c)

He got sick.

d)

He died.

12.

What did Maniac do when he couldn't wake up Grayson?

a)

Maniac ran to the Superintendent's office.

b)

He sat and talked with Grayson.

c)

He called 911.

d)

He ran to the nearest house.

13.

Which of the following statements is not true about Grayson's funeral?

a)

Grayson came to the cemetery in a wooden box.

b)

Maniac was the only mourner.

c)

The gravediggers waited patiently to do their jobs at the cemetery.

d)

The preacher was late.

14.

What was Grayson's first name?

a)

Bob

b)

Jim

c)

Earl

d)

Ed

15.

Who was the author of the book that Maniac gave to Grayson for Christmas?

a)

Mike Mulligan

b)

Mike Mulligan

c)

Jeffrey Magee

d)

Samuel Hawthorne

16.

Maniac gave three scarves tied together as a Christmas gift. Who received this gift?

a)

Amanda Beale

b)

Grayson

c)

Mrs. Beale

d)

the baby buffalo

17.

While Grayson question him about school, Maniac realized that he---.

a)

wasn't smart enough to be in a class with kids his own age.

b)

could go to classes in the day & sleep in the locker room at night.

c)

wouldn't enjoy being part of a family at school.

d)

wouldn't go to school unless he had a home.

18.

Which of the following is an opinion?

a)

Grayson was left on his own many times by his parents.

b)

Grayson was a slow learner compared to everyone else.

c)

Grayson told the Superintendent he wanted to work part time.

d)

Grayson's first sentence was, "I see the ball."

19.

Grayson died on Thanksgiving Day.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Grayson moved out of the Y and into 101 Band Shell Boulevard with Maniac.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

21.

Before Grayson found him, Maniac slept in the buffalo pen.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

22.

Grayson knew the Beale family very well.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

23.

Grayson ran away from home when he was young.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

24.

"...the holiday would come bounding down the stairs & squealing 'round the tinseled trees of Two Mills" is an example of ____?

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

alliteration

c)

personification

d)

hyperbole

25.

"...bittersweet, pungent pinecones..., abandoned bird-bodied boats of milkweed..." is an example of _____?

a)

hyperbole

b)

alliteration

c)

simile

d)

metaphor