Name _____________________________

Date ___________________ Maniac Magee Key 1 - Answer ID # 0357909

Chapters 1-10

1.  Why was Mars Bar confused when Maniac took a bite of the candy bar?

2.  What are the "finsterwallies"?

3.  What type of pitch did McNab always throw?

4.  When did the legend of Jeffrey Magee start?

5.  How did Jeffrey become known as Maniac Magee?

6.  Write several good things about someone you know who looks different than you.

 

Name _____________________________

Date ___________________ Maniac Magee Key 1 - Answer ID # 0357909

Chapters 11-21

7.  What happened to Amanda's Encyclopedia A?

8.  What was unusual about the scene that Mrs. Beale saw when she poked her head into the bathroom?

9.  Who did Maniac mostly hurt for?

10.  What prize did Mr. Cobble offer to anyone who could untie the knot?

11.  Where was Cobble's Corner located?

Chapters 22-32

12.  What had Maniac been doing with the money Grayson gave him every morning?

13.  What did Grayson want to be when he was a kid?

14.  Why did Maniac leave the funeral early?

15.  What position did Grayson play in minor-league baseball?

16.  What was the first book that Grayson read cover to cover?

 

Name _____________________________

Date ___________________ Maniac Magee Key 1 - Answer ID # 0357909

17.  Write about a special present that you have received. Who gave it to you?

Chapters 33-46

18.  Where did Mars Bar take Russell and Piper?

19.  Why did Amanda start calling Mars Bar "Snickers"?

20.  A few days after Maniac left the McNabs, Russell and Piper invited Maniac to their _________________.

21.  What "heroic" act did Maniac do after spending ten minutes in Finsterwald's backyard?

 

Name _____________________________

Date ___________________ Maniac Magee Key 1 - Answer ID # 0357909

22.  What were the two little boys' names, according to Maniac's first impression?

23.  What do you think the McNabs should have done when Mars Bar entered their house?

Review

24.  Who was the new kid that recognized Maniac in the vacant lot? Mars Bar Hands Down Amanda Beale	25.  What was the boy's name that Maniac ran into in the East End? Mars Bar Thompson Earl Grayson Hester Beale
26.  What emotion did Maniac feel for Mars Bar after the Cobras wanted to jump him? Pride Hatred Disgust	27.  What was Amanda's idea to get everyone to like Maniac? To untie Cobble's Knot To write everyone a nice card To buy everyone a candy bar

 

Name _____________________________

Date ___________________ Maniac Magee Key 1 - Answer ID # 0357909

28.  How many batters had John McNab struck out to set the Two Mills Little League record? Fourteen Sixteen Twenty-seven	29.  Amanda Beale drug Maniac back to her house to live. True False
30.  Who did Maniac give scarves to as a Christmas present? Grayson Mars Bar The baby buffalo	31.  What did the McNab home look like? It was very clean It was filthy It was very expensive
32.  Maniac was allergic to spaghetti. False True	33.  Mars Bar beat Maniac in their foot race. False True
34.  Amanda left her suitcase full of books in her room for Maniac. False True	35.  Grayson wanted Maniac to teach him how to read. True False
36.  Grayson told his boss that Maniac was his nephew. False True	37.  How long was the string that Maniac untied? Four miles long Four and a half blocks long Four feet long
38.  Maniac Magee's real name was Arnold Jones. True False	39.  After McNab came out of the woods, he pitched a football to Jeffrey. True False

 

Name _____________________________

Date ___________________ Maniac Magee (Key 1 - Answer ID # 0357909)

Circle the correct word.

1.   stoicc stioc stoc stoic

2.   bicker bihkur bihkurr bickor

3.   cr�chi crr�che cr�he cr�che

4.   hallucinatoin hallucinatoen halluination hallucination

5.   pulpitt pulpi pulpit pilput

6.   robust robuust robut rabust

7.   palaex polaex puleax poleax

8.   vering vearing veering vaerang

9.   twanged twenged twangeed twengad

10.   maniac mayneak maniacc manac

11.   wreth wretch wrech wretc

12.   gahdihd gaoded goaded goadded

13.   gauntlet gautlet guanlet gauntet

14.   immortelity immortaality immortality immartality

15.   laambaste lambasti lambaste lambat

16.   pengant punget pungint pungent

17.   bidedd bided bidad bidded

18.   befuddled bihfuhduhd befuddlled bihfuhduld

19.   troley troolley trolley truloe

20.   lenguish langiush lengiush languish

21.   commotoi commotionn commotoin commotion

22.   acquaintance acquiantance acquaintanci acqauintance

23.   scraggly sraggly skragle screggly

24.   dihvurj divege diverge duvarge

Name _____________________________

Date ___________________ Maniac Magee (Key 1 - Answer ID # 0357909)

25.   coontortoin contortio contortion contortoin

 

Name _____________________________

Date ___________________ Maniac Magee (Key 1 - Answer ID # 0357909)

Write the letter for the word that best matches the definition.

1.   sneaky  2.   someone who watches an event or a game  3.   to verbally attack  4.   a raised platform used by preachers to address the congregation  5.   to throw forward quickly  6.   an angry look  7.   an unused neighborhood section of land in which kids play baseball or other games  8.   the state of being destined to be remembered forever  9.   a passenger car that runs on tracks  10.   a disorderly crowd  11.   flaw; imperfection  12.   having a confident and easy manner

A.   immortality B.   cunning C.   spectator D.   lambaste E.   blemish F.   trolley G.   mob H.   pulpit I.   propel J.   scowl K.   nonchalant L.   sandlot

 

Maniac Magee Key 1 - Answer ID # 0357909

Chapters 1-10

1.  Why was Mars Bar confused when Maniac took a bite of the candy bar? Because white kids never put their mouths where black kids had put theirs, and Mars Bar did not know what to think of Maniac for doing that.

2.  What are the "finsterwallies"? Trembling in the arms and legs.

3.  What type of pitch did McNab always throw? fastball

4.  When did the legend of Jeffrey Magee start? It started at the school musical when Jeffrey started yelling at his aunt and uncle to, "Talk!"

5.  How did Jeffrey become known as Maniac Magee? When other kids would talk about him, they would refer to him as a "maniac."

6.  Write several good things about someone you know who looks different than you.

Chapters 11-21

7.  What happened to Amanda's Encyclopedia A? Someone had torn it up to use it as confetti.

8.  What was unusual about the scene that Mrs. Beale saw when she poked her head into the bathroom? one black boy, one black girl, and a white boy all bathing together

9.  Who did Maniac mostly hurt for? Amanda and her family

 

Maniac Magee Key 1 - Answer ID # 0357909

10.  What prize did Mr. Cobble offer to anyone who could untie the knot? one free pizza every week for a year

11.  Where was Cobble's Corner located? on Hector Street which separated the East neighborhoods from the West neighborhoods

Chapters 22-32

12.  What had Maniac been doing with the money Grayson gave him every morning? buying used books from the library

13.  What did Grayson want to be when he was a kid? a baseball player

14.  Why did Maniac leave the funeral early? He was afraid to see what the gravediggers were going to do with Grayson if the minister did not show up.

15.  What position did Grayson play in minor-league baseball? pitcher

16.  What was the first book that Grayson read cover to cover? The Little Engine That Could

17.  Write about a special present that you have received. Who gave it to you?

Chapters 33-46

18.  Where did Mars Bar take Russell and Piper? to his home

 

Maniac Magee Key 1 - Answer ID # 0357909

19.  Why did Amanda start calling Mars Bar "Snickers"? She said that it would be hard to act bad with that name.

20.  A few days after Maniac left the McNabs, Russell and Piper invited Maniac to their _________________. birthday party

21.  What "heroic" act did Maniac do after spending ten minutes in Finsterwald's backyard? He knocked on Finsterwald's door and talked to him.

22.  What were the two little boys' names, according to Maniac's first impression? Screecher and Missing Tooth

23.  What do you think the McNabs should have done when Mars Bar entered their house?

Review

24.  Who was the new kid that recognized Maniac in the vacant lot? Mars Bar Hands Down Amanda Beale	25.  What was the boy's name that Maniac ran into in the East End? Mars Bar Thompson Earl Grayson Hester Beale
26.  What emotion did Maniac feel for Mars Bar after the Cobras wanted to jump him? Pride Hatred Disgust	27.  What was Amanda's idea to get everyone to like Maniac? To untie Cobble's Knot To write everyone a nice card To buy everyone a candy bar

 

Maniac Magee Key 1 - Answer ID # 0357909

28.  How many batters had John McNab struck out to set the Two Mills Little League record? Fourteen Sixteen Twenty-seven	29.  Amanda Beale drug Maniac back to her house to live. True False
30.  Who did Maniac give scarves to as a Christmas present? Grayson Mars Bar The baby buffalo	31.  What did the McNab home look like? It was very clean It was filthy It was very expensive
32.  Maniac was allergic to spaghetti. False True	33.  Mars Bar beat Maniac in their foot race. False True
34.  Amanda left her suitcase full of books in her room for Maniac. False True	35.  Grayson wanted Maniac to teach him how to read. True False
36.  Grayson told his boss that Maniac was his nephew. False True	37.  How long was the string that Maniac untied? Four miles long Four and a half blocks long Four feet long
38.  Maniac Magee's real name was Arnold Jones. True False	39.  After McNab came out of the woods, he pitched a football to Jeffrey. True False

 

Maniac Magee Key 1 - Answer ID # 0357909

1.   stoicc stioc stoc stoic

2.   bicker bihkur bihkurr bickor

3.   cr�chi crr�che cr�he cr�che

4.   hallucinatoin hallucinatoen halluination hallucination

5.   pulpitt pulpi pulpit pilput

6.   robust robuust robut rabust

7.   palaex polaex puleax poleax

8.   vering vearing veering vaerang

9.   twanged twenged twangeed twengad

10.   maniac mayneak maniacc manac

11.   wreth wretch wrech wretc

12.   gahdihd gaoded goaded goadded

13.   gauntlet gautlet guanlet gauntet

14.   immortelity immortaality immortality immartality

15.   laambaste lambasti lambaste lambat

16.   pengant punget pungint pungent

17.   bidedd bided bidad bidded

18.   befuddled bihfuhduhd befuddlled bihfuhduld

19.   troley troolley trolley truloe

20.   lenguish langiush lengiush languish

21.   commotoi commotionn commotoin commotion

22.   acquaintance acquiantance acquaintanci acqauintance

23.   scraggly sraggly skragle screggly

24.   dihvurj divege diverge duvarge

25.   coontortoin contortio contortion contortoin

 

Maniac Magee Key 1 - Answer ID # 0357909

B    1.   sneaky   C    2.   someone who watches an event or a game   D    3.   to verbally attack   H    4.   a raised platform used by preachers to address the congregation   I    5.   to throw forward quickly   J    6.   an angry look   L    7.   an unused neighborhood section of land in which kids play baseball or other games   A    8.   the state of being destined to be remembered forever   F    9.   a passenger car that runs on tracks   G    10.   a disorderly crowd   E    11.   flaw; imperfection   K    12.   having a confident and easy manner

A.   immortality B.   cunning C.   spectator D.   lambaste E.   blemish F.   trolley G.   mob H.   pulpit I.   propel J.   scowl K.   nonchalant L.   sandlot