Name: ______
Date: ______
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Comprehension Questions: Chapters 33-37
1.Why doesn't Maniac stay in the band shell after Grayson's death?(page #______)
2.What last thing does Maniac do before he leaves the band shell?(page #______)
3.Why does Maniac stop crossing the Schuylkill?(page # ______)
4.What won't Maniac do for food?(page # ______)
5.What are the cabins in Valley Forge?(page # ______)
6.What/Who does Maniac wait for in the cabin in Valley Forge?(page # ______)
7.How many nights does Maniac stay in the cabin in Valley Forge?(page # ______)
8.What do the two young boys in the second cabin continuously call Maniac?(page # ______)
9.Where have the two boys gotten their food?(page # ______)
10.How does Maniac convince the boys to go back to Two Mills?(page # ______)
11.To whom are the two boys related?(page # ______)
12.What does Maniac have to convince John that he hadn't done after delivering back his brothers?
(page # ______)
13.What do the McNab brothers do when they discover that they were actually with Maniac--the famous guy?(page # ______)
14.What story does Maniac tell to help John with his brothers?(page # ______)
15.What best describes the McNab house?(page # ______)
16.What are the raisins in the McNab house? (page # ______)
17.What do the Cobras come to do in the McNab house? (page # ______)
18.What deal does Maniac first make with the McNab boys about school? (page # ______)
19.What does Maniac tell the McNab boys about Mexico so that they will not want to go there?
(page # ______)
20.What actually keeps the McNab boys going to school? (page # ______)
21.How long is the challenge for in Finsterwald's backyard? (page # ______)
Chapters 33-37 (continued)
22.How does Maniac make the deal even better for the McNab boys to go to school? (page # ______)
23.Why do the other children want to touch Maniac after he speaks with whoever answered Finsterwald's door? (page # ______)
24.What does Maniac do as a feat with the freight train? (page # ______)
25.What does Maniac do as a feat with rat-infested dump? (page # ______)
26.What does Maniac do as a feat with the mysterious hole at the creek? (page # ______)
27.What does Maniac do as a feat with the bison pen? (page # ______)
28.How long do the feats go on for before the perilous one is asked?(page # ______)
29.Why does Maniac allow the McNab boys to continue asking him to do the feats? (page # ______)
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