| A | B |
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| Who does Amanda acuse of tearing her book? | Mars Bar |
| Why does Mr. Beale decide Maniac will live with the Beales? | When he realizes that Maniac is homeless |
| Why does Maniac decide to untie Cobble's Knot? | because Amanda thinks it will make him a hero and everyone will like him |
| Why does Maniac leave the Beales' house? | he is afraid of bringing trouble to this family that he has learned to love |
| Where does Grayson find Maniac? | unconcious on the outside of the buffalo pen at the zoo |
| Put these events in the order in which they happened. Maniac unties Cobble's Knot, Maniac borrows one of Amanda's books- about the Chilren's Crusade, Grayson dies, Mars Bar saves Russell from falling off the trestle, Maniac and Mars Bar start running together. | 1-Maniac borrows one of Amanda's books, 2-Maniac unties Cobble's Knot, 3-Grayson dies, 4-Maniac and Mars Bar start running together, 5-Mars Bar saves Russell from falling off the trestle |
| "I'm badder than ever. I'm getting badder every day. I'm almost afraid to wake up in the morning--cause-a how bad I might a got overnight." | Mars Bar |
| "I got a little brother and a little sister that crayon all over my books, and I got a dog that eats them and poops on them and that's just inside my own family, and I'm not --gonna have nobody--else messin'--with my books! You understand?" | Amanda Beale |
| "So you're the book boy. Manda came home one day--'Mom, there's a boy I loaned one of my books out to!'" | Mrs. Beale |
| "So why don't you go ahead and teach me how to read?" | Grayson |
| "You're taking the long way to Mexico. If you come back to Two Mills with me, I'll show you a shortcut." | Maniac |
| "Hey, Maniac, we've been lookin' all over for ya. Ya gotta come to my birthday party. I'm having a party tomorra. Waddaya say, huh? Ya comin' huh? | Piper |
| "Get outta there, runt. This is a Little League record. You ain't in Little League." | John McNab |
| "Look, man, ain't nobody sayin' come live with us. All we sayin'--is you wanna come for a little, you know, visit? You want to? Well, come on, you can. That's all. Don't go makin' no big thing, man. Ain't no big thing." | Mars Bar |
| something handed down from one generation to another | legacy |
| a place or scene of riotous uproar or utter chaos | pandemonium |
| stared stupidly; gaped | gawked |
| having an extemely bad reputation | infamous |
| a shack or shed supported at one side by posts and having a slanted roof | lean-to |
| barrenness; devastation; dreariness | desolation |
| a showing of extreme enthusiasm | exuberance |
| aggravated; annoyed, irritated | goaded |
