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WorksheetsManiac Magee Final Book Test
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 2hrs 28mins
What was Maniac Magee's real name?
Mars Bar
Jeffrey Beale
Jeffrey Lionel Magee
Jerry Spinelli
Why did Maniac run away from the musicale?
He was tired of his aunt and uncle not talking.
He was sad that he had lost his parents.
He wanted to meet Amanda Beale.
He wanted to go for a run.
When Maniac met Amanda, where was she going?
Home
Lunch
School
Running away
What was Amanda carrying when Maniac met her?
Her lunch box and book bag
A suitcase full of clothes
Her dog, Bow Wow
A suitcase full of books
Why did John McNab not like Maniac?
He had different color skin.
He broke McNab's strikeout streak.
He took McNab's hat.
His team won the game.
What did McNab pitch to Maniac instead of a ball?
Rock
Ball of paper
Frog
Shoe
What is the boundary between East End and West End?
Hector Street
Hector Avenue
Hector Circle
Hector Boulevard
Why did John McNab's gang stop chasing Maniac?
Maniac crossed into the East End
They gave up
Maniac out ran them
The woman with the broom saved Maniac
What did Amanda say that hurt Maniac's feelings?
He was dirty and smelled bad
He couldn't read
He didn't have an address
He couldn't read her Encyclopedia A
Why does Maniac Magee have to go and live with Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan?
His parents have given them temporary custody while they travel out of the country
He is tired of living under his parent's strict rules
His parents are killed in a trolly crash, and he is forced to live with them
His parents have moved and he lives with his aunt and uncle so he does not have to change schools
Why is it so easy for Maniac to blend in with the Pickwell family at supper?
They all have the same color hair
There are so many children, nobody notices there is an extra one
The Pickwells are playing a ballgame, and they are all in uniform
He looks just like the Pickwells
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 page ripped before Maniac got it back
Mars Bar and some friends followed Maniac and backed him against a wall. What happened next?
A woman in the neighborhood hit Mars Bar and the others with her broom and chased them away
A policeman saw them and stopped the fight
Amanda found them. She kicked Mars Bar, Then she invited Manic to her house
Maniac jumped over the wall and ran away
McNab's gang was called the ______?
Nab's Crew
McNab's Gang
The Cobras
Cocky Cobras
From Mars Bar's thoughts and actions, what can the reader can infer about Mars Bars?
He thinks that messing with Maniac is too dangerous
He cannot do things well when he is under pressure
He was not in very good physical condition
He is arrogant and very aggressive
What did Grayson do before working at the park zoo?
He worked at the Blue Star Restaurant
He managed the YMCA in Two Mills
He taught school
He played Minor League Baseball
Which of the following BEST describes Grayson?
Judgmental and dedicated
Caring and generous
Cold-hearted and selfish
Forgiving and lazy
What evidence BEST shows that Grayson was very fond of Maniac Magee?
Grayson tells him he struck out Willie Mays
Grayson drinks a glass of apple juice with him
Grayson gives Maniac his old glove from the minors
Grayson shares butterscotch Krimpets with Maniac
Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between Grayson and Maniac Magee?
Loving
Turbulent
Unsupportive
One-sided
Why would Maniac not go stay at the YMCA with Grayson?
He didn’t like Grayson
He thought he was bad luck to people around him
He did not like the YMCA
He thought Grayson was too old
What did Manic do with the money Grayson gave him?
Saved it for Thanksgiving
Saved it for Christmas
Bought Krimpets
Bought books
Why did Maniac paint 101 outside his door?
He felt at home there
He felt like painting
He just ate
He wanted Grayson to move in
Why did Grayson leave Maniac?
Ge moved back to the YMCA
He moved back to the YMCA
He moved in with his son
He died
Piper and Russell were little brothers of who?
Amanda
Mars Bars
John McNab
Grayson
What was unusual about the McNab house?
Steel front door
Hole from 2nd to 1st story
Had a cellar
All of the above
After Grayson died, Maniac moved into his old room at the YMCA.
True
False
What was Maniac doing at Valley Forge?
He was waiting for death
He was studying the history of the Revolutionary War
He was hiding from the Cobras
He was looking for leftover food from tourists.
Russell and Piper were getting ready to shoot at the enemy. Who was the enemy?
The enemy was the Social Services worker
The enemy was the police
The enemy was the black people in the East End
The enemy was the Cobras
Maniac made deals with Russell and Piper. Why did they work?
Maniac gave them a lot of food and money
They started to like getting good grades in school
They were afraid of him because of his reputation
The boys began feeling important
Maniac enjoyed meeting the challenges of the McNab boys.
True
False
The most perilous challenge was sleeping in Finsterwald's yard overnight.
True
False
What does Maniac give Grayson for Christmas?
A chapter book
A new baseball
A book Maniac wrote
A scarf
What makes Maniac run from the graveyard?
He does not want to see who is coming.
He thinks he sees a ghost.
He is angry with the pallbearers.
He is too upset over his loss.
What did Mars Bars write on the Beale's house?
Fishbelly
Sucka
Stinker
Whitey
Amanda have a plan for Maniac to stay.
True
False
Which of the following BEST describes Maniac?
Timid and hopeful
Aggressive and mean
Trustworthy and daring
Sad and lonely
Which of the following is the main conflict in the book?
Maniac is allergic to pizza
Amanda's struggle to protect her books
Maniac Magee's struggle to find a place in the world
Mars Bar's need to find a friend
"His yo-yo string had a knot as fat as a mushroom." This quote is an example of what literary device?
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Idiom
"During the night, March doubled back and grabbed April by the scruff of the neck and flung it another week or two down the road." What type of figurative language is used in the passage?
Simile
Metaphor
Idiom
Personification
The graffiti on the Beale's house and the destruction of Amanda's book shows that
Some people in the neighborhood do not like the Beale family
Some people wanted to punish the Beale's for being friendly with Maniac
People were afraid of Maniac
A gang randomly chose to destroy property for kicks
Which of the following sentences BEST supports why Hector Street is significant to Two Mills?
It bridges both sides of the city together
It clearly separates the racially divided sides of Two Mills
It allows movement between both sides of Two Mills
It is a black top road with white stripes leading out of Two Mills
What did Amanda say that hurt Maniac's feelings?
He was dirty and smelled bad
He couldn't read
He didn't have an address
He couldn't read her Encyclopedia A
What are the Finsterwallies?
Being so afraid your whole body shakes
Being so afraid you wet your pants
Laughing so hard you throw up
Laughing so hard you can't breathe
Why did Amanda have Maniac untie Cobble's Knot?
To embarrass him
To scare him
To get others to like him
To get others to hate him
How did Jeffery get the name “Maniac?”
He acted so crazy that people just called him that
People started saying he must be a maniac and the name stuck
He liked having a nickname and thought “Maniac” would be appropriate
He acted so wild at school they kicked him out
Why did Jeffery leave the Beales’ house?
He didn’t like living there and having to take baths with Hester and Lester
The Beales asked him to leave because he was causing problems
He didn’t want the Beales to get hurt because of him anymore
They would only eat pizza for dinner
What was "the miracle on Sycamore Street?"
The Beale's allowed a little white boy to stay with them
Maniac helped around the house and kept his room clean
Maniac was able to get Hester and Lester to take a bath
There wasn't a miracle on Sycamore Street
Why didn't Maniac like sleeping in the bed?
It made his back hurt
It gave him a weird feeling of slowly rising on a scoop of mashed potatoes
It gave him a weird feeling of slowly sinking into the mattress
He just didn't like it
Which statement about the people in the East End is false?
The preschoolers came to him to untie their shoe string
The bigger kids tested his sports ability
The girls his age thought he was cute
Hands Down talked for him
Why did Hester and Lester go on strike?
Amanda stopped taking a bath with him
They didn't like taking baths
Mrs. Beale didn't let them bring their boats and floating dinosaurs inside the bathroom
They wanted to keep sweaty arm pits
What were the McNabs building?
A shoe box
A storage box
A pill box
A toy box
Which of the following was NOT a legend of Maniac Magee?
He could run fast
He sat on the Finsterwald's steps
He unties Cobble's Knot
He wrestled a buffalo in front of a crowd
Which word BEST describes Mars Bar's attitude toward Maniac in the first part of the novel?
Caring
Resentful
Tolerant
Nonchalant
Maniac lived with all of the following EXCEPT?
Amanda Beale
Grayson
Mars Bar
Russell and Piper
Which of the following is NOT a theme for the novel?
Prejudice is based on ignorance
Speed is the key of life
People would be much better off if it weren't for their judgments
Everyone needs a place to call home
In the end, we find out that all Maniac every really wanted was...?
To be a friend
To be a legend
To have a home
To be able to eat pizza
What is Jerry Spinelli's purpose in writing Maniac Magee?
Persuade the reader to help end the racist views in America
Inform the reader about issues of illiteracy, racism, and homelessness
Entertain the reader about a boy and his adventures
Inform the reader about a boy's fantastic feats during life on the road
Which statement Best summarizes the main idea of the selection?
Maniac Magee was an adventurous boy who did heroic things in a small town
Maniac Magee was an intelligent boy who taught others to read
Maniac Magee was in search of a home living in a town plagued by racism
Maniac Magee was a boy who journeyed through Two Mills creating close friendships
Which event marks the major climax of the plot?
Grayson dies suddenly
Maniac unties Cobble's Knot
Maniac wins the race against Mars Bar
Mars Bar saves Russell from the trestle
What was unusual about the McNab house?
Steel front door
Hole from 2nd to 1st story
Had a cellar
All of the above
When Maniac raced Mars Bar, he caused more trouble, and Mars Bar now hated Jeffrey Magee. Why?
He beat him with a book in his hand
He disgraced him by running backwards
He disgraced him by skipping the last yards
He beat him by hopping the last yards
In July, Maniac was running and felt as if someone was following him. Who turned out to be running at the same time?
John McNab
Mars Bar
Amanda Beale
Piper and Russell
Why did Maniac not save Russell?
He was afraid of the trestle
He avoided the trestle because of his parent’s deaths
Mars Bar saved him first
He was afraid of heights
Mars Bar brought Amanda to the buffalo pen to fuss at Maniac. She tells him what he will and won’t do. All the while, Maniac says nothing because he knows he has finally found what?
Home and school
Friends and school
Home and family
Family and a pet
During Piper's party, what happened to Mars Bar?
A Cobra jumped from a hole in the ceiling and deliberately surprised him.
The Cobras pushed him into the pillbox and refused to let him out.
George McNab threw a beer can and hit him in the back of the head.
He got into a fight with Maniac
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
How did Maniac convince Mars Bar to come with him into the West End?
He tricked him into thinking he was going somewhere else
He offered him a free pizza every week
He told him he wasn’t really as bad as he thought he was
He told him he would buy Mars Bars 100 boxes of Mars Bars candy
Why did Maniac take Mars Bar to the Pickwell’s house?
He wanted to make sure Mars Bar saw the good in West Enders
He knew that Mars Bar would be hungry for spaghetti
They had nowhere else to go because they were kicked out of the McNab’s house
He knew they would have the best food in town
After saving Russell, why did Mars bar go looking for Maniac?
He wanted to race him again because he knew he could win this time
He wanted to know why Maniac walked away and didn’t save Russell
He wanted to yell at him for leaving Russell out there on the bridge
He wanted to ask Maniac to come back to school
Who convinced Maniac to live with the Beales again?
Mars Bar
Amanda
John McNab
Russell and Piper
What gift did Maniac promise to give Piper and Russell if they promised to go to school every day for the remainder of the year?
A boat
A compass
A map
A Mars Bar
A story handed down from the past
Orphan
Legend
Confetti
Repertoire
Greatly astonished or amazed
Legend
Bison
Rebels
Dumbfounded
An A-framed bridge
Gangplank
Samaritan
Trestle
Picadored
To move blindly, without direction
Cardinal
Legacy
Trestle
Blundering
A wild uproar and chaos
Emanations
Legacy
Phantom
Pandemonium
Story handed down from the past
Trestle
Legacy
Infamous
Blundering
An act done very seriously
Solemnly
Blemish
Instincts
Converged
Fussy or picky
Instincts
Blemish
Solemnly
Finicky
Shrunk back in fear
Lurching
Pandemonium
Scanned
Cringed
Rolling or pitching suddenly
Lurching
Scowling
Pandemonium
Scanned
Winced, recoiled
Scanned
Finicky
Scowling
Flinched
"Jeffrey fell to his knees. He and Amanda and the suitcase were like a rock in a stream; the school-goers just flowed to the left and right around them." This is an example of which type of figurative language?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Idiom
"Finsterwald's backyard was a graveyard of tennis balls and baseballs and footballs and Frisbees and model airplanes and one-way boomerangs." This is which type of figurative language?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
"Another one hears it. A faint, tiny noise. A rattling. A chittering. A chattering. And getting louder - yes - chattering teeth." This is an example of which type of figurative language?
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
"Unfortunately, he chose to put Arnold down at the one spot in town as bad as Finsterwald's backyard - namely, Finsterwald's front steps. When Arnold came to and discovered this, he took off like a horsefly from a swatter." This is an example of which type of figurative language?
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
The act of looking forward
Foresight
Courtesy
Incubating
Ceased
Define the word Absurd
Deputized
Creche
Preposterous
Lavatory
