Question 1

What happens to Maniac Magee's parents?

Accepted Answer

They die in a trolley crash.

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They die in a train crash.

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They die in a plane crash.

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They die in a car crash.

Question 2

How long does Maniac Magee stay with his aunt and uncle?

Accepted Answer

eight years

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ten years

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five years

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two years

Question 3

What happens at the school musical?

Accepted Answer

Maniac screams for a long time.

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Maniac sings beautifully.

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Maniac sings badly.

Answer

Aunt Dot asks Uncle Dan for a divorce.

Question 4

Why was Maniac frustrated with his Aunt and Uncle?

Accepted Answer

They would not talk to each other and hated each other.

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They forced him to participate in the spring musicale.

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They didn't like that Maniac enjoyed running.

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They would not allow him to move back to Bridgeport.

Question 5

When does Maniac return to school?

Accepted Answer

never

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one month later

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one year later

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one week later

Question 6

How long does it take Maniac to travel two hundred miles to Two Mills?

Accepted Answer

one year

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one week

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one month

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one day

Question 7

How did Maniac get to Two Mills?

Accepted Answer

ran

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walked

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took the bus

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his aunt and uncle took him

Question 8

What does Maniac say to the passerby when he first runs to Two Mills?

Accepted Answer

"Hi."

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"Where am I?"

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"What day is it?"

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"Who are you?"

Question 9

Who is the first person to speak with Maniac in Two Mills?

Accepted Answer

Amanda Beale

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Brian Deheny

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Jeffrey Beale

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Arnold Jones

Question 10

What did Amanda have in her suitcase?

Accepted Answer

books

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fidgets

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school supplies

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clothes

Question 11

Which of the following best describes the meaning of this simile: He and Amanda and the suitcases were like a rock in a stream."

Accepted Answer

Amanda, Jeffrey, and the suitcases stood still in the middle of the street while people quickly passed by them.

Answer

The suitcases floated down a stream and were lost.

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Amanda and Jeffery could not move the suitcases because they were heavy like a rock is heavy.

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Amanda and Jeffery were stuck in the middle of the street.

Question 12

Why was the townspeople of Two Mills stunned by Maniac jogging through their town?

Accepted Answer

He is white and ran through the part of town where black people live.

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No one ever jogged through the town.

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He was very young and without an adult.

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Strangers never came to the town.

Question 13

Who caught the football that was being thrown to James "Hands" Down?

Accepted Answer

Maniac Magee

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James "Hands" Down

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Brian Denehy

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Amanda Beale

Question 14

Where did Maniac run with the football?

Accepted Answer

soccer field

Answer

Amanda's house

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home

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to the other side of the football field

Question 15

What did Maniac do with the football?

Accepted Answer

Maniac punted it from the soccer field and landed in "Hands" hand.

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Maniac dropped it at the soccer field.

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Maniac kept it.

Answer

Maniac threw it to Amanda.

Question 16

Why did Maniac only use one hand to catch and hold the football?

Accepted Answer

In his other hand was a book from Amanda.

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He used both hands to catch the football and punt it back.

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In his other hand was a book bag.

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In his other hand was a Sponge Bob stuffed toy.

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