Spruill,+Tyler



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and he is never mean at all || He is nice, but you have to respect him so he wont wont have to act mean ||
 * What I heard was true || What I heard was actually true ||
 * He was the best teacher ever


 * The amazing feats of Maniac Magee ||
 * 1.Jeffery gets on stage next to the spring musicale at Jeffery's school and points to his aunt and uncle and started screaming " Talk!, Talk!, Talk!" Then he ran out of the school and was never to return to school. ||
 * 2.Jeffery ran 200 miles in 51 weeks with no money, no cell phone, no food, no water, and no shower! Also, every time he passed someone, he would just say "hi" and nothing else. ||
 * 3.Jeffery came into the town of Two Mills and made a new friend name Amanda Beale after saying "hi" to her. Then after talking, Amanda gave Jeffery a book about the Children's Crusade ||
 * 4.Jeffery ran into a high school varsity football practice and caught a spiral ball with one hand. Then, he turned and made a perfect punt back to the football players ||
 * 5. Some high school kids were about to throw a 10 year old kid named Arnold Jones into the backyard of the finsterwald's house which was believed to be the home of a creepy old man. After Arnold was thrown in, Jeffery came running into the backyard of the finsterwald's house and picked up Arnold, and brought him to the front steps of the house. After Arnold ran away, Jeffery sat down on the front steps, and just read. He was described as "cool times 10" by the high school bullies. ||
 * 6.The Pickwell's were having dinner and Jeffery decided to join in even though he didnt know them. After dinner, he ran outside, but he wasn't running on the ground, he was running along the steel traintracks. ||
 * 7.Jeffery untied the famous cobble's knot ||
 * 8.Jeffery returned Amanda's book ||
 * 9.Jeffery took a bite of Mars bar's candy bar ||
 * 10.Jeffery is reading a lot of books as if he were going to school ||

Chapter’s 17-22 questions

Chapter 17: 1.What did the old man call Jeffery?

2. Why did he call him that?

A: The old man called him “Whitey”. He called him whitey because Jeffery was the only white person in the East end and he wanted him to leave.

Chapter 18: Why was Amanda being mean to Jeffery?

Why did Amanda kick Bow Wow?

Answers: 1. Amanda was being mean to Jeffery because he said he was leaving because of what the old man said to him. The old man called him whitey and told him to leave

2. Amanda kicked Bow Wow because Jeffery left. He left because Amanda said that he can’t a library card because he doesn’t have an address, while they were fighting.

Chapter 19: 1. What happens in the end of Chapter 19?

2. About how big was the Cobble’s knot?

Answer: 1. In the end of chapter 19, Jeffery agrees to try to untie the famous cobble’s knot. The cobble’s knot is a huge knot that is tied up at a pizza shop; it is knotted on a flagpole.

2. The knot was about the size of a lopsided volleyball. It took hours for Jeffery to untie the knot because it was so big!

Chapter 20: 1. What did Jeffery do on the square wooden table?

2. Who did everybody at the pizza shop start to applause?

Answers: Jeffery stood up on the wooden table and used it so he could reach the knot. He also took a 15 minute nap then got back up and started at the knot again.

Everybody started to applause because Jeffery found the end of the knot. They also applauded because it took Jeffery a lot of work to get to the end of the knot.

Chapter 21

Question: What did Jeffery do at the end of the chapter?

Why did he do that?

Jeffery walked out of the East end because he had an argument with Amanda. Amanda was being very mean to him.

Jeffery walked out of the east end because Amanda was being mean to him. She was being mean because he wanted to leave and she didn’t want him to

Chapter 22

Question: Where was Jeffery living after he ran away from the east end?

Who found Jeffery?

Jeffery was living in a buffalo pen. He was found by someone who took care of him.

An old man found Jeffery. He then took him to his truck and gave him food. Chapter 23 Questions:How could Grayson be described? What may happen with Grayson and Jeffery next? Answers: Grayson is a very kind and generous. He is kind because he was nice to Jeffery, and he is generous because he gave food to Jeffery. Maybe Grayson will let Jeffery live with him. Or maybe Jeffery will stay there for a while then leave. Chapter 24 Questions: Why was Grayson so suprised about the black people having the same things as the white people in their houses? When Grayson was young, what did he want to be when he grew up? Answers:Grayson was so suprised he has never been to a black family's house. Also, it's because he thinks that they are so much different Chapter 25 Questions: What happened to Grayson in this chapter? What did Grayson do before the baseball game? Answers:Grayson lost the baseball game. All of Grayson's pitches were not good. Grayson prayed before the baseball game. He parayed a couple of times because he wanted to win the baseball game so bad. Chapter 26 Question: Why does Grayson give money to Jeffery every morning? What does Grayson tell Jeffery at the end of the chapter? Answers: Grayson gives Jeffery money so he could buy books. Grayson thought it was for krimpets. Grayson tells Jeffery that he can’t read. Then he asked Jeffery if he could teach him to read Chapter 27 Questions: What happened at the end of the chapter? What are some things that Grayson and Jeffery have in common? Answers: At the end of the chapter, Grayson read a sentence. Maniac wrote on the chalkboard and Grayson read: “I see the ball”. Some things that Grayson and Jeffery have in common are they both ran away when they were young. Also, they both didn’t go to school. Chapter 28 Questions: Why does Jeffery hug Grayson? Why did Grayson think of himself as a failure? Answers: Jeffery hugs Grayson because he is like his father that he never had. Also, it’s because Grayson was making good progress with reading. Grayson thought of himself of a failure because he failed the baseball game a long time ago. It is also because the mud hens scout was there at the baseball game when they lost the game. Chapter 29 Questions: What does Jeffery do at the end of the chapter? Why does he do it? Answers: At the end of the chapter, Jeffery asks Grayson for paint. When Grayson gets the paint, Jeffery paints 101 on the front door. Jeffery paints 101 on the front door because he wanted to know that he had an address. He also did it because it reminded him that he had a home. Chapter 30 Questions: Why is it okay for Grayson and Jeffery to use the locker room showers? What did Grayson make out of wood? How big was it? Answers: It was okay for Grayson and Jeffery to use the locker room showers because the locker room attendant said it was okay. Also, it’s because Grayson was friends with the locker room attendant. Grayson sawed down some tree branches and made a wooden deer. The deer was big enough for Jeffery to ride it if it could run. Chapter 31 Questions: What did Grayson give Jeffery? Why was it important to Jeffery? What happened to Grayson at the end of the chapter? How long was it after Christmas morning? Answers: Grayson gave his glove to Jeffery. It was important to Jeffery because it was the glove that Grayson used when he was in the minors league. Grayson was found dead. Grayson was found dead five days after Christmas. Chapter 32 Questions: Who was Jeffery waiting for at the funeral? Why wasn’t there anyone at the funeral? Answers: Jeffery was waiting for the minister. The minister never came so Jeffery ran away. There wasn’t anyone at the funeral because Grayson was old and didn’t have any family. Also, nobody came because nobody really knew Grayson because he was very antisocial. = **Acrostic poem** 1/19/11 H- hopes for Jeffery to live with her E- Ever since Jeffery started living at her house, she doesn’t ruin Amanda’s books S- She loves Jeffery T- Takes bath with Jeffery and Lester E- Even though Jeffery isn’t her brother, she still loves him like one R- Ran with Jeffery for a little bit **1/26/11 95/A Good Job Tyler!** =