Vocabulary
What words means: To be foolish or ridiculous [marooned - befuddled - ludicrous]
What is ludicrous
Who is the girl that Maniac meets and eventually befriends?
Who is Amanda Beale
What was written on the Beale's house in chapter 18?
What is "Fishbelly Go Home" also will accept "Fishbelly"
What baseball league and position did Grayson once play?
Minor League Pitcher
Who is the main character of the book?
Who is Jeffrey Maniac Magee
What word means: to be put on display: [flaunting - jabbered - idling]
What is flaunting
Who is the first bully that Maniac meets at a baseball game?
Who is McNab
What food is Maniac allergic to?
What is pizza
What does Maniac teach Grayson to do? What does Grayson teach maniac?
Maniac teaches Grayson how to read. Grayson gives Maniac baseball lessons.
Who did Jeffrey live with after his parents died.
Who is his aunt & uncle
What word means: to be well known for a bad reason: [recognize - gauntlet - infamous]
What is infamous
What is the last name of the family that Maniac lives with on the East End?
The Beale Family
What are do they call John McNab and his group of friends?
What is The Cobras
What did Maniac do when he discovered Grayson had died?
He read books and cried himself to sleep.
What word means confused: solitude - befuddled - questionable
What is befuddled
What word means: twists and turns: [contortion - pandemonium - cardinal]
What is contortion
What is the name of the old man that finds Maniac?
Who is Grayson.
What is Amanda Beale carrying when she first meets Maniac Magee?
A suitcase full of books
Why does Maniac get mad and yell at Piper and Russell in Chapter 40?
The boys used Grayson's glove as a football
Name four items of food that Grayson and Maniac had on Thanksgiving.
What word means: something that drives you crazy: [testimony - prompt - maddening]
What is maddening
What was the name of the tricycle gang of 4 & 5 year olds?
What is Heck's Angels
What was the prize for untying Cobble's Knot?
What is a free large pizza every week for a whole year.
What does Amanda change Mars Bar's name to at the end of the story?
What is Snickers
Who is the author of Maniac Magee?
Who is Jerry Spinelli