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The quote that this question is referencing can be found in chapter 38. This is the chapter that has Maniac Magee running a neighborhood race against Mars Bar Thompson. By this point in the book,...
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In a particularly colorful, vivid passage, Spinelli refers to the first day of the worms, that time in warm and rainy April when the sidewalks and the streets seem to be covered in the little...
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Maniac publicly humiliates the town bully John McNab by hitting each one of his deadly fastballs. John fancies himself as an ace pitcher and thinks that striking out Maniac will be just as easy as...
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No, Maniac Magee did not stop and stay in the town of Two Mills because it was the farthest that he could get from his aunt and uncle. He even leaves Two Mills at one point in the story, so it is...
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The narrative point of view of Maniac Magee is the third person perspective. The story is being told from the perspective of an outside observer, and that observer really does try to only talk...
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This question is wide open, and any number of situations could work. There's a lot to choose from regarding Maniac and his relationship with Grayson, Amanda, Mars Bar, and the McNabs. You could...
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If this question is asking about Amanda's copy of the "A" volume of the encyclopedia, then a reader should look at chapter 21. Maniac has just solved the infamous Cobble's Knot, and the town is...
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On the first day Jeffrey "Maniac Magee" arrives in the racially divided town of Two Mills, he runs into Amanda Beale, who is on her way to school and ends up giving him a book. After Amanda leaves,...
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The mystery dinner guest is none other than Maniac himself. Mrs. Pickwell has absolutely no idea who he is yet still warmly welcomes him into her home when she calls in her kids for dinner. As for...
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John McNab is a character in the novel Maniac Magee, written by Jerry Spinelli. John McNab is a great baseball player and first meets the infamous Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee on the baseball...
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Within the text of Maniac Magee, a reader should look to the closing paragraphs of chapter five for the Samaritan reference. Some high school bullies have dumped Arnold into Finsterwald's yard,...
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A reader should look to chapter five for this answer. Readers are introduced to Finsterwald and his scary reputation in this chapter. It seems that he is the neighborhood Boogeyman. All the kids...
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A metaphor is a comparison of two things that are unalike where one of those things is said to be like the other. In chapter 12, the narrator says that Hester and Lester, the four-year-old girl and...
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Earl Grayson considers himself a failure after pitching the worst game of his life as a young man when he was attempting to make it to the Major League. Earl Grayson tells Maniac Magee the story of...
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Maniac is a legend because of all the amazing, crazy things he does. Kids are in awe of him because he is entertaining, talented and brave. Maniac hit the world's first frogball at the end of...
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Maniac talks to Amanda Beale not long after he winds up in Two Mills. He sees her carrying a suitcase and automatically assumes that she's a runaway like him. This is a misunderstanding on Maniac's...
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Maniac wonders why he doesn't just abandon the MacNab boys, Russell and Piper. It's pretty stressful hanging out with these two dysfunctional young men in their chaotic household. Maniac's done a...
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The behavior that Mrs. Beale finds unacceptable is Maniac's trash-talking. The issue that Maniac is confronted with is that prior to Mrs. Beale, Maniac understood trash-talking as a sign of...
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No, the narrator does not mean that Maniac is literally blind in the sense that something prevents light waves entering his eye properly and sending a signal to his brain. Maniac sees form, depth,...
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Maniac Magee refers to Piper and Russell McNab as orphans because they are extremely young and living on their own as they attempt to journey to Mexico, where they will not be forced to attend...
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I believe that this question is asking about events that occur in chapter 21—as this chapter is the only chapter that mentions confetti. Chapter 20 ends with Maniac successfully undoing the famed...
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I believe that this question is asking about an event that occurs in chapter 15. Readers are told that Maniac Magee loved to hear the other boys "trash talk." Readers are told that Maniac loved it...
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Maniac and readers learn a great deal about Grayson during the middle parts of the book. We learn that Grayson was a very accomplished baseball pitcher. He was good enough to stay in the minor...
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Maniac Magee, whose real name is Jeffrey, undergoes several changes during the course of the novel. Many of them are serious and life-altering. The deaths of his parents impacts him the most,...
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Jeffrey paints the "101" on the door as a proclamation that the baseball shed has an address. It is now 101 Band Shell Blvd, home of Grayson and Jeffrey. This moment comes at the end of a memorable...
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Maniac Magee was born in Bridgeport and was not an orphan from birth. One fatal day, Maniac's parents were riding the P & W high-speed trolley back from the city when the drunken motorman took...
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Grayson's difficulties started when he was very young. He didn't do well in school and was put in a class that did not teach anything, but instead the students just did simple art projects. The...
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In chapter 44, Maniac Magee begins seeing Mars Bar Thompson on his early morning runs but notices that Mars Bar is quick to avoid him. One reason Mars Bar may avoid Maniac on their early morning...
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The quote in question comes in chapter 18 of Maniac Magee. This is the chapter that sees Maniac set on leaving Amanda's house because of what was written on the outside of her house in the previous...
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Maniac gives Piper a compass, and he can only have it if he goes to school every day. Piper asks Maniac for his birthday present, and Maniac pulls it out of his pocket. Maniac pulled the present...
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Before Maniac Magee visits the McNab home for a second time, he agrees to attend Piper's birthday party under one condition. Maniac insists the Piper allow him to bring a guest to the party. Maniac...
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Jeffrey first meets Amanda in East End. The town of Two Mills is "pretty much divided...the East End (is) blacks, the West End (is) whites." Because Jeffrey is white, Amanda comments that he "can't...
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At the beginning of the book, Maniac Magee is rather lost and searching for something that he's not sure exists yet: a permanent place to call his own with people who care about him. His parents...
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Maniac saves Arnold when he stuck in Finsterwald’s back yard by grabbing him and taking him out. Finsterwald’s house is frightening to the children on the block. It is the kind of place where...
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John McNab takes in Maniac Magee out of gratitude for making John look admirable to his little brothers. More generally, John takes Maniac in because Maniac had looked out for John's little...
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Maniac slept in the deer pen at the Elmwood Park Zoo for the first few nights he was in Two Mills. Maniac ran away from home after his parents died and he was sent to live with an aunt and uncle...
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In Chapter Five, we are introduced to 803 Oriole Street, home of the infamous Finsterwald. All the neighborhood kids know never to go near Finsterwald's home. When their balls and airplanes land in...
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The biggest difference between Maniac and Grayson is that Manic is a kid and Grayson is an old man. Despite this, the two become good friends. Grayson also does not know how to read, something...
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The answer to this question can be found at the very beginning of Chapter 3. There, we see the incident in which Maniac first meets Amanda. This is on what was apparently Maniac’s first day in...
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Jeffrey sleeps in the buffalo pen at the zoo. As Chapter 22 begins, we learn that Jeffrey has been spending his nights with the mother and baby buffalo in their pen at the Elmwood Park Zoo. Each...
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After Grayson gives Maniac some soup and a zep, Maniac asks for some butterscotch Krimpets. Maniac, homeless, had been living on his own at the zoo in the bison pen. Grayson, who works at the zoo,...
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Mars Bar and Maniac used to both jog in the morning, and since they both are in the same place they start to jog together. Maniac and Mars Bar jog together every morning. At first, Maniac thought...
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Maniac loves trash talk because the words “have spirit” and trash talk makes him feel included. Trash talk, or swearing, is something that Maniac learns from playing with boys in the...
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Maniac is fascinated with Amanda’s book and keeps it to reread. Amanda keeps her whole library in a suitcase. Maniac is very impressed when he sees all of the books. He asks Amanda to borrow a...
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The theme of belonging is important to Chapters 1-12, which begin with Maniac running away and end with him moving in with the Beales. A theme of the first 12 chapters of the novel could be the...
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Maniac wants to belong somewhere, with people who love him and a real address. Maniac lost his family when his parents died. He was shipped off to relatives, but they were horrible people who...
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Maniac doesn’t want to go to Mars Bar’s house because he has been moving from home to home, but he realizes he belongs with the Beales. Maniac Magee has been homeless since he ran away from...
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Maniac Magee first had to convince Russell and Piper that he wasn't a cop. With that accomplished, Maniac discovered where the two boys were plotting to run away to. Russell and Piper were...
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When Grayson asked Maniac Magee about his going to school, the boy was hesitant. Maniac had his own ideas about school. His opinion was that he would not go to school until he had a real home of...
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All the kids in the neighborhood are afraid to tread on Finsterwald's property. Finsterwald is known as a menacing character, and although tales of what happens to those who dare venture close to...