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WorksheetsManiac Magee Chapters 1-11
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a passenger train that runs on an overhead rail or track
a)
trolley
b)
lumbered
c)
whirl
d)
hoist
2.
having a bad reputation
a)
infamous
b)
lumbered
c)
emanations
d)
suffice
3.
Which of the following does not describe dinner at the Pickwell house?
a)
There were 10 Pickwell children.
b)
Mrs. Pickwell rang a big dinner bell and all of the kids ran home.
c)
None of the kids were ever late for dinner.
d)
Mr. Pickwell also invited a taxi driver for dinner.
4.
Which sentence describes John McNab?
a)
John McNab was 14 years old, 6'5" tall and weighed 210 pounds.
b)
John McNab was 12 years old, 5'8" tall, and weighed more than 170 pounds.
c)
John McNab was 13 years old, only 4'9" tall and weighed 100 pounds.
5.
How did the play between Jeffrey and John McNab end?
a)
McNab pitched a frog; Jeffrey bunted it and made a home run
b)
McNab pitched a fast ball; Jeffrey hit it out of the park, ran after it, and never came back.
c)
Jeffrey pitched his famous Maniac ball; McNab couldn't hit it, and lost the game.
d)
Jeffrey pitched a slow ball; McNab hit it, but Maniac caught it in the air and tagged him out.
6.
True or False: The people in the town were all talking about Jeffrey and his deeds. Someone probably said, "Kid's gotta be a maniac." Others agreed. Since they didn't know his real name, they started calling him Maniac.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Where did Jeffrey sleep?
a)
in a junkyard full of abandoned cars.
b)
in the basement storeroom of the library; he sneaked in through a broken window.
c)
in the deer shed at the Elmwood Park Zoo.
d)
in the garage at one of the churches in town.
8.
McNab and his pals, the Cobras, found Maniac on the train rail. They started throwing stones at him. Where did Maniac run to get away from them?
a)
into the Pickwell house
b)
to the buffalo pen at the zoo
c)
across Hector Street into East End
d)
up the P&W trestle and ran on the bridge over the river.
9.
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.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What happened to Amanda's book when Mars Bar snatched it?
a)
Mars Bar set it on fire.
b)
Maniac got it back and it was in perfect condition.
c)
Mars Bar threw it in the street and a truck ran over it.
d)
One paged ripped before Maniac got it back.
11.
Mars Bar and some friends followed Maniac and backed him against a wall. What happened next?
a)
A woman in the neighborhood hit Mars Bar and the others with her broom and chased them away.
b)
A policeman saw them and stopped the fight.
c)
Amanda found them. She kicked Mars Bar; then she invited Maniac back to her house.
d)
Maniac jumped over the wall and ran away.
12.
What is Maniac Magee's real name?
a)
Juan Lionel Magee
b)
Jeffrey Lionel Magee
c)
Jeffrey Lionel Mags
d)
Jeffrey Mags
13.
something that is passed from one generation to another
a)
phantom
b)
pandemonium
c)
legacy
d)
mirage
14.
After dinner, Jeffrey ran somewhere that the other kids had only walked. Where was it?
a)
up the side of the mountain in his bare feet
b)
along the roofs of the houses on Hector Street
c)
the entire length of the P&W trolley route in one hour
d)
on the railroad tracks with a book in his hand
15.
Mars Bar Thompson confronted Maniac. He offered him a bite of his candy bar. When Maniac took a bite, there was dead silence on the street. Why?
a)
Maniac dropped the candy bar
b)
Mars Bar never offered anyone a bite
c)
people don’t eat after each other especially white/black at this time
d)
Maniac and Mars Bar were not friends
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