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Maniac Magee Chapter Assessment

Directions: Using your reading from Part Two in Maniac Magee, refer to chapters 1-22 to answer the following questions. In answering the questions, use specific quotes and information from the text and be sure to show where you found the information. Give specific examples and be as detailed as possible to show your complete understanding of the readings. Answer these questions on a separate sheet of paper and staple the two together.

Chapters 1-21
1. How do you think Jeffrey felt when he ran away?

2. Do you think Maniac is a good nickname for Jeffrey Magee? What other names might you choose for him?

3. Why do you think Mars offered Maniac a bite of his candy bar?

4. Why did Maniac say, I love you, to Mrs. Beale after she slapped him for trash-talking?

5. Who wrote (F)ISHBELLY GO HOME on the wall of the Beales house?