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WorksheetsManiac Magee Part I
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which sentence from Chapter 1 supports the idea that Maniac's Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan do not get along?
Little Jeffrey was shipped off to his nearest relatives, Aunt dot and Uncle Dan. They lived in Holidaysburg.
Pretty soon there were two of everything in the house. Two bathrooms. Two TVs. Two refrigerators. Two toasters.
The music director faced the singers, frozen with his arms still raised. In the audience faces began to change.
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 hit one of McNab's fastballs
He took McNab's hat.
He was mean to McNab
In chapter 7, instead of trying to get a home run, Maniac Magee bunted the frog ball because...
He didn't want to hurt the frog but he still wanted to be able to hit.
He knew that Amanda was looking, and he didn't want to be embarrassed.
He was afraid of hitting a homerun and getting Mrs. Pickwell mad at him.
What was special about Jeffrey catching Brian Denehy’s pass and then punting the ball back to Hands Down?
he was just a little kid
he was as talented as the high school boys
he did it running backwards
he did it with a book in one hand
In Chapter 10, the Cobras stopped chasing Maniac once he crossed over Hector Street because...
it was past dinner time and they hear their mothers call them home.
Hector Street was the dividing line between blacks and whites.
Maniac was running too fast for them; they would never catch up.
What did McNab pitch to Maniac instead of a ball?
rock
ball of paper
frog
shoe
What was Maniac blind to?
What time it was at the Pickwell house
Amanda's problems with Encyclopedia A
Hester and Lester wanting him to read a book
People didn't like him because of his color
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 was special about Jeffrey catching Brian Denehy’s pass and then punting the ball back to Hands Down?
he was just a little kid
he was as talented as the high school boys
he did it running backwards
he did it with a book in one hand
In Chapter 10, why does Maniac take a bite of Mars Bar's candy bar?
because Mars Bar asked him if he wanted a bite.
because he was trying to be funny.
because he loved being sneaky and he knew that Mars Bar wouldn't see him do it.
In Chapter 11, the conflict between Mars Bar and Amanda begins when ...
Mars Bar ripped the page form Amanda's book.
Mars Bar ate a bite of his candy bar.
Amanda gave Maniac a book to borrow.
Which character(s) would say or think this: "In the East End, I'm the baddest of the bad."
Amanda Beale
John McNab
Mars Bar
Maniac Magee
Where did Jeffrey go when he left Hollidaysburg? How long did it take him to get there?
He went to Three Rivers, near Norristown. It took him a week to get there.
He went Jeffersonville. It took him six months to get there
He went to Five Points, near Schuylkill. It took him two days to get there.
He went to Two Mills, near Bridgeport. It took him a year to get there
Describe Cobble's Knot
It was a sneaker lace that had knots from one end to the other
It was a large ball of string that no one had been able to untangle
It was a necktie that had lots of knots in it
It was a rope full of square knots. A boy scout troop had made it.
Where has Maniac lived so far?
Deer shed at zoo
With the Beales
With his aunt and uncle
All of the above
