Characters
Plot
Theme
Setting
Literary Elements/Devices
100
An 11 year old homeless boy who became orphaned at three years old, who is the main character of the book Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Who is Jeffrey Lionel (Maniac) Magee?
100
This left Maniac orphaned when his parents were killed and then he was forced to live with his aunt and uncle
What is a high-speed trolley accident?
100
Throughout the book, Maniac just wants a place where he is expected by the people and a place where he can stay at indefinitely, this shows a theme
What is home/belonging?
100
The place that Maniac found his way to which is very segregated between the East, African-American section of the city, and the West, which is the White section of the city
What is Two Mills, Pennsylvania?
100
This sentence shows what literary device:
"He and Amanda and the suitcase were like a rock in a stream; the school-goers just flowed to the left and right around them."
What is a simile?
200
Who are the people who did not have a good relationship but stayed married because of their religious beliefs even though they hated each other and don't speak, but they lived separate lives under the same roof and refused to share anything except for Maniac who had to split his time between the two of them for eight years
Who are his Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan?
200
Maniac's his aunt and uncle disliked each other but refused to divorce for religious reasons and he grew tired of living there because they lived separate lives under the same roof and refused to share anything except for Maniac who was forced to split his time between the two of them which he grew very tired of doing so Maniac did this
What is run away?
200
Having a group of people who can accept Maniac has been on his mind ever since his parents died in a trolley accident, this shows a theme
What is family?
200
There location of the Spring Musical
What is the school?
200
The point of view/narrator that this book was written in
What is third person narration?
300
When McNab throw a frog at Jeffery instead of a ball which he bunted, McNab tried desperately to strike him out as to not ruin his record for always striking out players, but Jeffery made it to home base without be struck out even though McNab threw the frog to strike him out but missed the whole town starting call him by this nickname
What is Maniac?
300
At the School Musical, he saw Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan sitting on opposite sides of the auditorium, that is when he snapped and started screaming
What is leave town and never returns again?
300
Because Maniac is having to take care of himself especially after running away, he has to mature quickly after his parents died forces him to lose a great part of this theme
What is childhood?
300
1980's and 1990's
What is the years in which this story takes place?
300
This sentence shows what literary device:
"His smile was so wide he'd have had to break it into sections to fit it through a doorway."
What is a metaphor?
400
The book's antagonist who is a bully that lives in the East-End of town, the African-American section of the city, that dislikes Maniac because of his skin color and because Maniac beat him in a race
Who is Mars Bar Thompson?
400
Amanda Beale is puzzled to see Maniac in the East End of Two Mills, the African-American section of the city, Amanda gives him one of her prized books and they become friends, he loves playing with her younger siblings, while having dinner with her family, they discover that he is homeless and invite him to stay with them, he quickly feels like they are his family, he plays football with the neighborhood black kids in the summer, he does not feel like he is different from them, at a neighborhood party someone calls an inappropriate word which makes him unsettled, they someone writes "Fishbelly go home" on the Beale's home
What is he is the only white person there?
400
Grayson is an adult in the book that is unable to read, Maniac helps to teach him how to read and Grayson loves it, this shows the theme of
What is literacy/education?
400
the location of the buffalo pen that Maniac was living in
What is the zoo?
400
Mars and all the people that lived in the East End who do not accept Maniac but then end up accepting are called this
What are antagonists?
500
The man who works at the Elmwood Park that found Maniac living in the buffalo pen after he had left the Beale's home, then he makes sure that Maniac has clothes, food and shelter, together they form a family unit where they help each other, Grayson had run away at 15 to join the minor leagues and had hopes of making it to the major leagues which he did not, he was neglected as a kid and poorly educated, he survives by working at menial jobs, Maniac then treats him with love and affection when he teaches Grayson how to read, he passes away after they had celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas together, Maniac feels like he is an orphan again and runs away
Who is Earl Grayson?
500
the problem between the East and West sides of Two Mills, Pennsylvania, after find John McNab's little brothers trying to run away to Mexico he takes them home only to see the terrible conditions in their home, their dad, George, is often drunk and worries about "The enemy" who are the people that live in the East side of town, Maniac convinced Mars to go to Piper's party because ignorance causes this hostility, it did not go well but later Maniac and Mars ended becoming running partners, this leads to both sides coming together
What is racial hostility?
500
When McNab's father<George, who believes that "The Enemy" which are the people from the East End, the African-American section of the city, are coming to invade the West End, this problem shows a theme
What is race/racism?
500
At the end, Maniac calls this place home
What is Amanda's house?
500
Maniac lacks a home or family which are the two things he wants the most, this makes things very sombre, which is called this
What is mood?