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Maniac Magee: Chapters 11-21
Complete.
Review
1.
How many touchdowns does legend say that Maniac made that day in the vacant lot?
2.
Why did Jeffrey not want to be called "Maniac"?
3.
Why did Maniac walk out of town?
4.
What happened to Amanda's Encyclopedia A?
5.
What did Maniac yell when he stood up on the church pew?
6.
What prize did Mr. Cobble offer to anyone who could untie the knot?
7.
Where was Cobble's Corner located?
8.
Why did Maniac stare at the numbers on the front of Amanda's door?
9.
What did the old man call Maniac?
10.
How did Maniac respond when Mrs. Beale slapped him?
11.
What was Maniac blind to?
12.
Why did Hester and Lester quit wanting to take a bath?
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13.
How long did Maniac take a nap?
14.
What did Maniac see on the brick of his home on Sycamore Street?
15.
Why did Mrs. Beale slap Maniac?
16.
When did Mr. Cobble bring out the knot?
17.
How did Mr. Beale know that Maniac did not live in the house where he said he lived?
18.
What was unusual about the scene that Mrs. Beale saw when she poked her head into the bathroom?
19.
Who did Maniac mostly hurt for?
20.
How did the Beale household change after Maniac moved in?
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Maniac Magee: Chapters 11-21
Write what you think Jeffrey may have done during the "lost year.".
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Answer Key
1. forty-nine
2. His name was the only thing he had left of his parents.
3. He did not want to bring any more trouble upon the Beales.
4. Someone had torn it up to use it as confetti.
5. "Hallelujah! Amen!"
6. one free pizza every week for a year
7. on Hector Street which separated the East neighborhoods from the West neighborhoods
8. He was happy to finally have an address.
9. "Whitey"
10. He hugged her and told her that he loved her.
11. that Mars Bar disliked and maybe even hated him
12. because Amanda would not take one with them anymore
13. exactly fifteen minutes
14. the words "Fishbelly go home," but the "F" had already been scrubbed off by Mrs. Beale
15. He was "talking trash" to her.
16. when he had a challenger who wanted to attempt to untie it
17. Mr. Beale knew that only black people lived in the house.
18. one black boy, one black girl, and a white boy all bathing together
19. Amanda and her family
20. Things ran more smoothly and it was always cleaner.