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1. Why did Maniac stop crossing the bridge over Schuylkill when he was running?
Every time he crossed the bridge, he thought of his parents dying when the trolley they were riding fell off the high trestle into the water.
2. Where is Maniac living after Grayson's death?
He's homeless living from place to place and finally ends up at Valley Forge in a small log cabin.
3. Why does Maniac settle in the cabin at Valley Forge and want to die?
Maniac had already suffered enough sadness from losing his parents, aunt and uncle, Beale's, and Grayson. He did not want to be orphaned again.
4. What does Maniac do to convince the McNab brothers to return home?
Maniac tells them they have won a free pizza. He also tells them they are taking the long way to Mexico, and if they go home to Two Mills he will show them a shortcut to Mexico.
5. "They (Russell and Piper) huddled behind him ( Maniac) like babies on a possum's back as Giant John came red-faced and huffing up to them."
What does this tell you about Russell and Piper McNab?
This tells me that Russell and Piper McNab are scared of their brother.
6. What story did Maniac make up about McNab and the stopball?
Maniac told McNab's brothers that even though he hit their brother's fast ball and a frog, he couldn't hit McNab's stopball.
7. Why did Maniac make up the story about McNab and the stopball?
Maniac didn't like that McNab's brothers were laughing at him and not looking up to their older brother. He told the lie so his brothers would view him as someone worth looking up to and admiring.
8. Describe the McNab's house. (Include at least 5 specific examples.)
1. Dog urine and poop on the floor.
2. A bad smell
3. Cans, bottles, crusts, peelings, cores, scraps, rinds, wrappers all over
4. A hole in the ceiling
5. Only beer and mustard in the refrigerator
6. Pieces of a dead bird on the kitchen table
7. Roaches everywhere
8. Paint flaking from the walls
9. According to the McNabs, who is the enemy?
The East Enders or the blacks are the enemies.
10. Why does Maniac stay with the McNabs?
Maniac stays with the McNabs because he feels responsible for Russell and Piper.

11. How does Jeffrey get Russell and Piper to go to school?
First, Maniac says he will tell them the shortcut to Mexico; then he bribes them with pizza, and then he starts sleeping between the two of them.
12.
Name at least 3 heroic feats performed by Maniac that boosted Russell and Piper's importance?
1. Hit a telephone pole from 20 paces back with a stone 61 times in a row
2. Beat the train by running with no problem
3. With no shoes or socks, he walked through a rat infested dump
4. Stuck his hand into the mysterious hole by the creek for 60 seconds
13. Going to the East End is going to be Maniac's greatest challenge. Why?
If Maniac goes to the East End, he could have a confrontation with Mars Bar.
14. Why did Mars Bar keep telling Maniac that he was bad?
Mars Bar was trying to scare Maniac away from the East End.
15. After Russell and Piper challenge Maniac to go to the East End, who did he defeat in a running race by running backward?
Mars Bar
16.
What were the McNabs building in their house? Why?
The McNabs were building pillbox to protect themselves from the blacks if they were going to revolt.
17. How is eating dinner with the Pickwell's similar to eating dinner with the Beale's?
Both families are very nice and NOT prejudice.
18. What happens to Maniac's relationship with Russell and Piper?
The boys start disobeying Maniac and when they start shooting at imaginary East Enders, Maniac loses it.
19. What mean trick did one of the Cobras play on Mars Bar?
He jumped from the hole in the ceiling and scared him.
20. Why did Maniac tell Mars Bar that Russell and Piper's pillbox was a bomb shelter?
Maniac didn't want Mars Bar to know that Russell and
Piper played a racist game.
21. Why did Jeffrey enjoy early mornings so much?
The mornings were his special time because he felt Two Mills was his town with no division and no barriers between blacks and whites.
22. Who did Maniac start running with in the mornings?
Mars Bar
23. What happened to Russell and Piper when they were playing the game, "Bombs Away"?
Russell and Piper were playing a game when Russell becomes afraid and is stuck up high on the trestle when a train is coming.
24. Why did Maniac walk away from the trolley platform?
Maniac was remembering how his parents had died there and couldn't rescue Russell. He wanted Mars Bar to rescue him instead.
25. What happens after Russell and Piper are rescued by Mars Bar?

1. Russell hangs on to Mars Bar and hugs him even after he's rescued.
2. Mars Bar takes the boys back to his house.
3. Piper and Russell stay at Mars Bar's house all day long.
4. Mars Bar's mother cleans the up and feeds them.
5. Mars Bars plays games with them.
6. Piper and Russell want Mars Bar to come to their house to play "Rebel."
26. How do Amanda's words and actions affect Maniac when she goes to the zoo to get him in the middle of the night?
Amanda's words and actions affect Maniac in a positive way. Her words and actions show that he CAN have a family and that people DO care about him.
27. What is a hyperbole?
A hyperbole is an exaggeration.
28. What is a simile?
A simile is when two unlike things are compared using like or as.
29. What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is when two unlike things are compared NOT using like or as.
30. What is personification?
Personification is giving an object or animal human-like qualities.