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Comprehension Questions

Chapter 1 — Chapter 5

Directions: Read the questions and answer them in complete sentences or choose the correct answer. Use the book to help you, if needed. Use details from the text to support your answer. Record the Concept of Comprehension© on the line next to each question.

_____ 1. Why do you think Jeffrey Magee never went back to school?

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_____ 2. It took Jeffrey a year to reach Two Mills. Why is this time called “The Lost Year”?

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_____ 3. Which of the following best describes the meaning of the simile below?

“He and Amanda and the suitcases were like a rock in a stream.” (Chapter 3, p. 11)

a. The suitcases floated down a stream and were lost.

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

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

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

_____ 4. How did Amanda know that Jeffrey was not from the East End? Explain.

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_____ 5. What can you tell about Jeffrey when he rescued Arnold Jones?

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Comprehension Questions (continued)

Chapter 1 — Chapter 5

_____ 6. Why was Maniac frustrated with his Aunt and Uncle?

a. They did not like that Maniac enjoyed running.

b. They forced him to participate in the spring musicale.

c. They would not allow him to move back to Bridgeport.

d. They hated each other, but would not get a divorce because they are Catholic. There was two of everything and they never did anything together.

_____ 7. Why were the townspeople of Two Mills stunned by Maniac jogging through their town?

a. He was very young and without an adult.

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

c. Strangers never came to the town.

d. No one ever jogged through the town.

_____ 8. What kind of first impression do you think Maniac made on the high school students? Explain.

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Comprehension Questions

Chapter 6 — Chapter 14

Directions: Read the questions and answer them in complete sentences or choose the correct answer. Use the book to help you, if needed. Use details from the text to support your answer. Record the Concept of Comprehension© on the line next to each question.

_____ 1. Why do you think Maniac answered Mrs. Pickwell’s dinner whistle?

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_____ 2. Describe McNab’s physical characteristics.

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_____ 3. What can you tell about McNab by the way other kids act around him?

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_____ 4. Why wouldn’t kids just stroll along on the opposite end of town?

a. They were not allowed to go to the opposite end of town.

b. White and black people did not visit the opposite end of the town because they would be teased. Kids would run through the opposite end to avoid the confrontations.

c. They enjoyed running through the opposite end and racing each other.

d. They did not like the adults who lived in the opposite end of town.

_____ 5. What can you tell about Mrs. Beale by the way she treats Maniac?

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Comprehension Questions (continued)

Chapter 6 — Chapter 14

_____ 6. Why don’t the Pickwell’s notice Maniac at their dinner table?

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c. There are so many people at the table and they all assumed someone else knew Maniac.

d. Maniac hid under the table.

_____ 7. Which of the following best compares and contrasts how John McNab felt at the beginning and end of Chapter 7?

a. He felt mad at the beginning that Maniac was confronting him and pleased with himself that he struck Maniac out.

b. He felt nervous at the beginning that he would not be able to strike Maniac out and pleased with himself that he struck Maniac out.

c. He felt nervous at the beginning that he would not be able to strike Maniac out and mad at himself at the end that he could not strike Maniac out.

d. He felt confident at the beginning that he would strike Maniac out and mad at himself at the end that he could not strike Maniac out.

_____ 8. How do you think Maniac feels about not having a home?

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Comprehension Questions

Chapter 15 — Chapter 21

Directions: Read the questions and answer them in complete sentences or choose the correct answer. Use the book to help you, if needed. Use details from the text to support your answer. Record the Concept of Comprehension© on the line next to each question.

_____ 1. What does this phrase mean: “Maniac just sat at the front window, being on the inside”? (Chapter 15, p. 56)

a. Maniac enjoyed just observing everyone around him live their life.

b. Maniac was too afraid to go out because he feared being teased.

c. Maniac enjoyed the Beales’ home more than outside their home.

d. Maniac was hiding from his Aunt and Uncle.

_____ 2. Why couldn’t Maniac see “this color business?”

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_____ 3. Describe the man that told Maniac to “go back to your own kind.”

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_____ 4. Why did Amanda encourage Maniac to untie Cobble’s Knot?

a. She wanted her family to win free food for a year from Cobble’s Grocery.

b. She thought if he could do it, the entire community would love him and the people who did not want him there would allow him to stay.

c. She was interested in sharing the pizza prize with him.

d. She wanted to get her picture in the paper with Maniac.

_____ 5. Why did Maniac walk—not run—out of town?

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Comprehension Questions (continued)

Chapter 15 — Chapter 21

_____ 6. How has living in the East End changed Maniac?

a. It has not changed him.

b. He learns what it is like to be cared about and also about discrimination.

c. He becomes a better and faster runner.

d. He becomes meaner and tougher.

_____ 7. Why was Amanda so upset when everyone was celebrating?

a. Mars Bar made fun of her for living with Maniac.

b. She was upset that Maniac left town.

c. She was upset that Maniac untied the knot and she was unable to.

d. Her “A” encyclopedia was all ripped up.

_____ 8. Why does Mars Bars hate Maniac Magee?

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Comprehension Questions

Chapter 22 — Chapter 26

Directions: Read the questions and answer them in complete sentences or choose the correct answer. Use the book to help you, if needed. Use details from the text to support your answer. Record the Concept of Comprehension© on the line next to each question.

_____ 1. What did Grayson do when he found Maniac outside the buffalo pen?

a. He did not do anything.

b. He picked Maniac up, put him in his truck, and drove him to the baseball equipment room. He covered him with a blanket, introduced himself, and gave Maniac a cup of soup.

c. He called the manager of the park, who took Maniac away.

d. He picked Maniac up, put him in his truck, and drove him to the hospital.

_____ 2. Why did Grayson scrape a path of dirt from Maniac’s arm?

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_____ 3. Why was Grayson interested in learning about “them black people”?

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_____ 4. What can you predict about Grayson and Maniac’s relationship?

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_____ 5. What did Maniac do with the money Grayson gave him?

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Comprehension Questions (continued)

Chapter 22 — Chapter 26

_____ 6. How do Maniac and Grayson help each other?

a. Maniac decides to teach Grayson how to run fast and Grayson gives Maniac a place to stay.

b. Maniac decides to teach Grayson how to run fast and Grayson helps Maniac find the Beales.

c. Maniac decides to teach Grayson how to read and Grayson helps Maniac find his Aunt and Uncle.

d. Maniac decides to teach Grayson how to read and Grayson gives Maniac a place to stay.

_____ 7. From whose perspective is the beginning of Chapter 22 told? Why do you think the author chose to tell this part of the story from this perspective?

a. Mars Bar’s perspective. To show how he felt having Maniac in town.

b. The buffalo’s perspective. To show what it was like to have Maniac in the pen.

c. Maniac’s perspective. To show what it was like to sleep with the buffalos.

d. Grayson’s perspective. To show what Grayson saw in the buffalo pen.

_____ 8. Describe Maniac’s internal conflict about “home” and school. Why doesn’t Maniac doesn’t want to go to school?

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Comprehension Questions

Chapter 27 — Chapter 32

Directions: Read the questions and answer them in complete sentences or choose the correct answer. Use the book to help you, if needed. Use details from the text to support your answer. Record the Concept of Comprehension© on the line next to each question.

_____ 1. What do you know about the adults in Grayson’s life when he was younger?

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_____ 2. Which sentence best describes Maniac’s feelings for Grayson?

a. He loved him.

b. He protected him.

c. He tolerated him.

d. He challenged him.

_____ 3. Why did Maniac want to cook for Grayson?

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_____ 4. Why did Maniac paint numbers outside of the Band Shell?

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_____ 5. Maniac ran because he didn’t want to see, “what was going to happen at the end of the next minute.” What do you think happened at the funeral after Maniac ran?

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Comprehension Questions (continued)

Chapter 27 — Chapter 32

_____ 6. Why were the gifts exchanged between Maniac and Grayson so meaningful?

a. They both had not received gifts in a long time.

b. They really needed the gifts to survive.

c. It was their way to celebrate the holiday.

d. The gifts showed that they really cared for each other since they were very thoughtful.

_____ 7. What qualities does Maniac have that make him find and belong to two families—the Beales and then Grayson?

a. Smart and creative.

b. Funny and resourceful.

c. Caring and kind.

d. Energetic and self-disciplined.

_____ 8. Why does Maniac run at the end of Chapter 32? What other times did Maniac run away? Why did he run away then?

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Comprehension Questions

Chapter 33 — Chapter 37

Directions: Read the questions and answer them in complete sentences or choose the correct answer. Use the book to help you, if needed. Use details from the text to support your answer. Record the Concept of Comprehension© on the line next to each question.

_____ 1. Why did Maniac angrily paint over the 101 on the band shell door?

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b. The manager of the park made him do it.

c. He no longer considered this his home and was upset that Grayson died.

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_____ 2. What does the following sentence from Chapter 33 mean? “From high above, a tracing of his routes would have looked as hopelessly tangled as Cobble’s Knot.”

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_____ 3. Why did Maniac believe no one else would orphan him?

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_____ 4. What can you infer about Missing Tooth and Screecher by their language?

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_____ 5. Why did Maniac make up a story about John McNab’s stopball?

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Comprehension Questions (continued)

Chapter 33 — Chapter 37

_____ 6. What can you tell about Maniac’s character that he was willing to knock on Finsterwald’s door?

a. He is a show off.

b. He is nervous.

c. He is brave.

d. He is competitive.

_____ 7. How is the McNab house different than the Beale’s?

a. It is much neater and organized.

b. It is very messy and no one tries to clean it up.

c. It is an older home.

d. It is a brand new home.

_____ 8. Predict what will happen when Maniac goes into the East End.

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Comprehension Questions

Chapter 38 — Chapter 43

Directions: Read the questions and answer them in complete sentences or choose the correct answer. Use the book to help you, if needed. Use details from the text to support your answer. Record the Concept of Comprehension© on the line next to each question.

_____ 1. Why did Mars Bar keep telling Maniac that he was bad?

a. He was trying to scare Maniac away from the East End.

b. He was jealous of Maniac.

c. He wanted to remind Maniac of all the bad things that he did.

d. He was trying to show off to Maniac.

_____ 2. What does Mars Bar’s name-calling tell you about his character?

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_____ 3. Rewrite the following sentence, without the use of figurative language. ”March doubled back and grabbed April by the scruff of the neck and flung it another week or two down the road.”

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_____ 4. Why didn’t Maniac help the McNabs when George asked him to “start luggin’ these”?

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_____ 5. What does the author convey with the statement, “Now there was something else in that house, and it smelled worse than garbage and turds”?

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Comprehension Questions (continued)

Chapter 38 — Chapter 43

_____ 6. Why did Maniac consider the consequences of winning the race against Mars Bar?

a. He did not want to disappoint Amanda.

b. He knew he could win, but was not sure how Mars Bar and the crowd would react.

c. He did not want to make the Beales angry.

d. He did not like to loose a race.

_____ 7. Why did Maniac feel that he could not abandon the McNab boys?

a. He knew that Grayson would want him to spend time with the McNab boys.

b. He made a promise to John McNab to spend time with his brothers.

c. He wanted to be a role model for the McNab boys and felt if he abandoned them, he would be abandoning a part of himself.

d. He was scared of them.

_____ 8. Has coming to the West End changed Mars Bar? How? Why?

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Comprehension Questions

Chapter 44 — Chapter 46

Directions: Read the questions and answer them in complete sentences or choose the correct answer. Use the book to help you, if needed. Use details from the text to support your answer. Record the Concept of Comprehension© on the line next to each question.

_____ 1. Who surprised Maniac as he ran in the early mornings, and how?

a. Finsterwald surprised Maniac because he wanted to tell Maniac he thought that Maniac was cool.

b. Mars Bar surprised Maniac because he kept running along side of him, but never said anything to Maniac.

c. Amanda surprised Maniac by begging him to come back to live with the Beales.

d. McNab surprised Manaic by thanking him for helping his brothers.

_____ 2. Why do you think Mars Bar ran with Maniac?

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_____ 3. Why couldn’t Maniac register what he was seeing on the trestle?

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_____ 4. What can you conclude about Mars Bar after he saved the McNab boys?

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_____ 5. How do Amanda’s words and actions impact Maniac when she goes to the zoo to get him in the middle of the night?

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Comprehension Questions (continued)

Chapter 44— Chapter 46

_____ 6. Why did Maniac walk away from the trolley platform?

a. He had to go see Amanda.

b. He wanted Mars Bar to rescue Russell.

c. He did not care about Russell.

d. He went to go get John McNab.

_____ 7. Why didn’t Maniac want to go home with Mars Bar?

a. He still did not like Mars Bar.

b. He was going to live with his Aunt and Uncle.

c. He did not feel it was right and wanted to go to the Beales.

d. He was going to live in the band shell.

_____ 8. Make a prediction beyond the book. Will Maniac stay with Amanda’s family?

Why or why not?

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