Maniac Magee - chapters 1-4
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- Q1
What happens to Maniac Magee's parents?
They die in a train crash.
They die in a plane crash.
They die in a trolley crash.
They die in a car crash.
20s - Q2
How long does Maniac Magee stay with his aunt and uncle?
ten years
five years
eight years
two years
20s - Q3
What happens at the school musical?
Maniac sings beautifully.
Maniac sings badly.
Maniac screams for a long time.
Aunt Dot asks Uncle Dan for a divorce.
20s - Q4
Why was Maniac frustrated with his Aunt and Uncle?
They would not talk to each other and hated each other.
They forced him to participate in the spring musicale.
They didn't like that Maniac enjoyed running.
They would not allow him to move back to Bridgeport.
30s - Q5
When does Maniac return to school?
one month later
one year later
one week later
never
20s - Q6
How long does it take Maniac to travel two hundred miles to Two Mills?
one week
one month
one day
one year
30s - Q7
How did Maniac get to Two Mills?
walked
took the bus
his aunt and uncle took him
ran
30s - Q8
What does Maniac say to the passerby when he first runs to Two Mills?
"Where am I?"
"What day is it?"
"Hi."
"Who are you?"
20s - Q9
Who is the first person to speak with Maniac in Two Mills?
Brian Deheny
Jeffrey Beale
Arnold Jones
Amanda Beale
20s - Q10
What did Amanda have in her suitcase?
fidgets
school supplies
books
clothes
20s - Q11
Which of the following best describes the meaning of this simile: He and Amanda and the suitcases were like a rock in a stream."
Amanda, Jeffrey, and the suitcases stood still in the middle of the street while people quickly passed by them.
The suitcases floated down a stream and were lost.
Amanda and Jeffery could not move the suitcases because they were heavy like a rock is heavy.
Amanda and Jeffery were stuck in the middle of the street.
30s - Q12
Why was the townspeople of Two Mills stunned by Maniac jogging through their town?
No one ever jogged through the town.
He was very young and without an adult.
He is white and ran through the part of town where black people live.
Strangers never came to the town.
20s - Q13
Who caught the football that was being thrown to James "Hands" Down?
James "Hands" Down
Brian Denehy
Maniac Magee
Amanda Beale
20s - Q14
Where did Maniac run with the football?
Amanda's house
soccer field
home
to the other side of the football field
20s - Q15
What did Maniac do with the football?
Maniac dropped it at the soccer field.
Maniac punted it from the soccer field and landed in "Hands" hand.
Maniac kept it.
Maniac threw it to Amanda.
20s