Amanda Beale
Grayson
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Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
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What did Maniac teach Grayson to do?
Read
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What does Maniac want to eat after Grayson gives him the soup and the zep?
TastyCake Butterscotch Krimpets
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Why doesn't Maniac want to go to school?
It feels like a home, but there's no where to go when it empties out at the end of the day.
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pallbearer
person who carries a coffin
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geezer
strange old man
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What holidays did Jeffrey and Grayson celebrate?
Thanksgiving and Christmas
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Why is Grayson happy when Maniac tells him that he'll stay with him if he doesn't make him go to school?
Grayson wants company.
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Why does Grayson give Maniac the glove for Christmas?
He wants to show Maniac he loves him by giving him his most prized possession.
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stoic
unemotional
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reluctant
unwilling
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What was interesting about Grayson?
He was in the Minor Leagues for baseball OR he didn't know how to read.
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What does Grayson find interesting about the Beale's?
They do a lot of the same things that white people do.
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Why does Maniac paint an address outside the Band Shell Room?
He wants an address.
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vague
unclear
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pungent
sharp or piercing smell
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What book did Grayson learn to read first? Why was it a good book for him?
The Little Engine That Could because he never gave up just like the engine.
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Why does Maniac say, "I'm okay", at the end of Chapter 28?
He feels safe and comfortable with Grayson.
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How does the address that Maniac paints on the Band Sheel Room relate to the address at the Beale's?
He used to check the address at the Beale's before going to bed every night.
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languish
to lose strength
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claptrap
empty language
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What happened five days after Christmas?
Grayson died.
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Why do Maniac and Grayson decorate so much for Christmas?
Neither one have celebrated Christmas in a long time.
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Why do you think this was Maniac's best holiday ever?
He had someone to spend it with. They decorated and exchanged gifts.
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lean-to
one sided roof supported by a tree
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grouse
grumble or be upset
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