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WorksheetsManiac Magee
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 40mins
What is the setting of Maniac Magee?
1950s, Two Mills, Pennsylvania
1940s, Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania
1930s, Cincinnati, Ohio
1990, Two Mills, Pennsylvania
What is Maniac’s real name?
John
Jeffrey
Joel
Joseph
What did Maniac scream on the risers and why?
"Talk! Talk, will ya? Talk! Talk! Talk! Talk!" because Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan wouldn't talk
"Help! Help!" because he didn't want to sing
"Talk! Talk! Will you, please?" to Grandma Dot and Grandpa Dan
"Hello, sing people!" because he was bored
How is Two Mills divided?
East and West End
East and North End
East and South End
South and West End
Why does John McNab get angry with Maniac?
Maniac didn’t strikeout when John pitched to him.
Maniac took a bite of his candy bar.
Maniac stole his book.
Maniac didn’t say “hi” to him.
Where did the Cobras chase Maniac to in Chapter 9?
Mexico
East End
no where
Antarctica
Where is Amanda Beale's library located?
at her house
in her closet
in a suitcase
she doesn't have one
How did Hester and Lester change after Maniac started to live with them?
They became even more crazy than they were before.
They started stealing things from Amanda.
They started running away at night.
They started behaving themselves.
What is Maniac’s address when he lives with the Beales?
324 Hector
728 Sycamore
900 Birch
429 Chestnut
What was Maniac’s consequence for talking trash to Mrs. Beale?
She just rolled her eyes at him.
She hit him in the mouth.
She took his books away.
She kicked him out of the house.
After Maniac receives his consequence for trash talking to Mrs. Beale, what does he do?
Hugs her and tells her that he loves her.
Runs away.
Tears up Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.
Cries in his room.
In Chapter 14, Maniac jumps up in church and yells, “Hallelujah! Amen!” The book then says, “And this time nobody looked funny at the crazy kid yelling by himself.” What is the quote referencing?
When Maniac hit McNab’s fastball
When Manic was screaming at his aunt and uncle during his musical
When Maniac caught a pass from Hands Down
When Maniac was reading to Hester and Lester
What is written on the side of Beale's house after the incident at the block party?
Fishbelly Go Home
Get Out Whitey
Welcome Home, Maniac
Back to Your Own Kind
What is the prize for defeating Cobble’s Knot?
Free pizza every week for a year
Sixty seconds alone with the candy counter
Your picture outside the front of the store
A sweater made from the remains of the knot
Maniac doesn’t want anyone to hurt the Beales anymore, so he...
Leaves town
Puts a security system on the house
Beats up Mars Bar
Stops being good at sports
Where does Maniac run away to after he leaves the Beales? (the start of part 2)
Bandshell
Buffalo Pen
YMCA
Homeless shelter
“‘Well, I'm telling you, it's the same. There's bath-tubs and refrigerators and rugs and TVs and beds.’
Grayson was wagging his head. ‘Ain’t that somethin’…ain’t that somethin’…’” (88).
Why does Grayson say, “Ain’t that somethin’….”?
He has never been in a black person's home before
He has never been in an actual house
Grayson thinks Maniac is lying to him
He has never taken a bath before, only showers
On page 98 it says, "And every night as the old man left for his room at the Y, he would grouse, 'You oughta go to school.' And one night the kid said back, 'I do.'"
Why does Maniac say he is going to school?
He likes to lie to Grayson
He reads books from the library
He is being tutored
He goes to school with Amanda
Why did Grayson miss his first Minor League game?
He got sick
He was on the bench
The coach realized there was a mistake
He had to earn his meal at the diner
What did Maniac teach Grayson?
how to read
how to play piano
the stopball
trash talk
What was the first sentence Grayson read to Maniac?
"The buffalo is blue"
"I see the ball"
"The boy runs fast"
"The cat sat on the mat"
What did Grayson get Maniac for Christmas?
guitar
Krimpets, a baseball, and baseball glove
baseball bat
candy
Who attends Grayson's funeral?
Grayson's brother
All of Grayson's family
The superintendent, Mr. Beale, and Maniac
Maniac and the gravediggers
Where are Russell and Piper trying to run away to when Maniac finds them?
Florida
Germany
East End
Mexico
What do the McNabs build in their dining room?
a TV stand
a pillbox
a bigger hole in the ceiling
a giant table
What is the McNabs' house like?
Huge and empty
Dirty and loud
Small and pretty
Cozy and warm
When Maniac and Mars Bar race, what happens?
Maniac wins while running backwards
Mars Bar wins with his eyes closed
Maniac wins, even without shoes on
Mars Bar wins by 4 seconds
Who was the special guest Maniac brings to Piper's birthday party?
Grayson
Mrs. Pichichero
Amanda Beale
Mars Bar
Where does Maniac take Mars Bar for dinner on the West End?
a steakhouse
McDonald's
The Pickwell's
The McNab's
What did Maniac give to Piper as a birthday present?
New shoes
Compass
Candy bar
A book
What game were Piper and Russell playing, resulting in Russell having a near-death experience?
Four-square in the park
Bombs Away on the P&W Trestle
Freeze tag at the zoo
Racing on Hector street
Who saves Russell from the trestle?
Mars Bar
Maniac
Mr. Beale
Hands Down
What is Amanda's new nickname for Mars Bar at the end of the book?
Snickers
John Legend
Potato Chip
Maniac
Who is calling Maniac home in the end?
Mrs. Pickwell
Mr. Beale
Amanda and Mars Bar
Russell and Piper
