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 * **What I heard about this person...** || **What was actually true about this person...** ||
 * I heard that my cousin was really bad. || He was actually really nice. ||
 * My dad said that he couldn't speak english. || When he came he spoke english perfectly fine. ||
 * I heard that he was really lazy. || He kept helping around the house. ||
 * I heard that he was messy. || He would clean his room once it was messy. ||

Six || Maniac, Russell, and Piper stand in Finsterwlads backyard for ten minutes and then Maniac says he'll knock on the Finsterwalds front door. ||
 * Chapter || The Amazing Feats ||
 * Two || He ran 200 miles which took him 51 weeks. Once Jeffrey stopped running, he ended up in Two Mills. As he passed through people on the side walk the just said, "Hi.", and people looked at him thinking he's crazy ||
 * Four || As Jeffrey ran off he interferes with a football practice and catches the football with one hand while holding the book in the other hand. ||
 * Five || While passing Jeffrey finds a boy, Arnold, on the Finsterwald's backyard and not knowing about the house Jeffrey goes in and carries out Arnold and sets him on the front porch of the house. While Arnold runs, Jeffrey opens his book and reads. ||
 * Six || Jeffrey runs onto the steel railroad track after sneaking a meal with the Picklewells. ||
 * Seven || In chapter seven, Jeffrey gets into a Little League game with a record holding 170 pound giant, John McNabb. Jeffrey start swinging and puts a tattoo on McNabb's record. ||
 * Ten || Maniac encounters Mars Bar and Mars Bar asks if he wants a bite, Maniac takes a bite and every thing goes down hill from there. Mars Bar then take the book Maniac borrowed from Amanda and when Mars Bar rips a page out Maniac asks for it back but Mars Bar refuses. Mars Bar comes across a lady and tells him to give it to Maniac but not before crumbling it up and throwing it on the ground. ||
 * Fourteen || Maniac scored 49 touchdowns in football. ||
 * Twenty-One || Maniac untied Kobble's Knot within couple hours and most people seem to fail at it. ||
 * Twenty- Eight || Maniac tought Graysonhow to read little books. ||
 * Thirty- One || Maniac made a book out of construction paper and gave it to Grayson to read. ||
 * Thirty-Three || Maniac ran after Grayson's funeral and went everywhere near Two Mills and then ended up at Valley Forge. ||
 * Thirty-
 * Thirty- Seven || Maniac stuck his hand in the creek and has all of his fingers left. ||

**Chapter 16 **- Maniac Magee was blind because he couldn’t see how people felt about him. Maniac couldn’t see that Mars Bar disliked him; he couldn’t see that big kids didn’t like little showing them up. Maniac couldn’t see that but at the end he’s not blind anymore.
 * How is Maniac Magee blind?

**Chapter 17 and 18** - I did well. It is silly to categorize people by race because a group of people with the same race aren’t the same. People in the same race don’t have to have the same skin color or the same fingerprints or the same blood type. Maniac probably felt confused about skin color because when people call him white, he comes up with lots of colors and he finds out he’s not white and the people that are black aren’t black they are just different shades of brown.
 * how did you do? Why is it silly to categorize people by race? Describe how Maniac felt about skin color and give an explanation.

**Chapter 19 –** Cobble’s Knot is a big plump circle that was about as friendly as a nest of yellow jackets. The balls was covered with moldy crust and is as hard as a rock as if was hung outside.
 * Describe Cobble's Knot. Give details from the chapter to support your answer.

**Chapter 20** - Maniac was successful when others before him were not because Maniac was a Master of knots. Maniac was marvelous at untying knots because he would untie little kids shoelaces and yo-yos.
 * Why do you think Maniac was successful when others before him were not?

**Chapter 21** - The Cobras and Mars Bar’s East Enders are similar and different in many ways. The things that are similar are that Mars Bar and the Cobras both dislike Maniac and want to get him. The both think that they’re stronger and tougher than everyone else. They are different from each other because Mars Bar is black and the Cobras are white. Also they both come from different sides of Two Mills.
 * Compare the Cobras to Mars Bar's East Enders, use examples from the text.

<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"> <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">**Chapter 22** - <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Grayson is a generous old man. Grayson fond Maniac when he was trying to get out of the buffalo cage. When Grayson brought Maniac to the band shell he was Kind enough to give him a cup of noodles and a zep.
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Describe Grayson.

<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">**Chapter 23 -**
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Why did Maniac not want to go to school?
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Who does Maniac get reminded of while he showers?

<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Maniac didn't want to go to school because he felt that school is like a home that you don't sleep in at night. He thought that because you'll have to go home after school but he doesn't have a home like everyone else.

<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">Maniac was reminded of Hester and Lester. He was reminded of them because of how all three of them would bath together and all the shrieking and laughing they all did.

<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">**Chapter 24 -**
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Why do you think Grayson keeps asking Maniac if the Beales use the same things as the whites?
 * <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Why did Grayson tell Maniac he could sleep at his place for the night because the floor was too hard?

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Grayson keeps asking Maniac if they use the same things as us because when you live in a town that is raisually divided you think that the blacks and the white don't use the same things. You'll probably think that you have it better then the people that aren't your skin color but everyone is equal.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Grayson probably tells Maniac this because he felt sorry for him of how he got mistreated by his color, how he was very good at things and how he had torn clothes and sleeps with the buffalo. That’s probably why Grayson tells Maniac so Maniac will get a night to sleep in a comfy bed.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">**Chapter 25 -**

· <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Why do you think Grayson lost the big game even though he prayed so much? · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Why did Grayson run out of the restraunt leaving Maniac in there?

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">Grayson probably lost the big game because of praying so much. He probably lost the game because he wasn't praying on other games so he just messed up and if he played normally he probably wouldn't have done so badly.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; tabstops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">Grayson ran out of the restaurant leaving Maniac probably because he had a secret or a story that was too painful to talk about.


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**Chapter 26 -**

 * Why isn't Maniac capable of hitting Grayson's "stop-ball"?
 * Why couldn't Grayson read?

Maniac isn't capable of hitting Grayson's stop-ball because the ball goes fast and once it gets to you it just automatically stops. That is why he can't hit Grayson's stop-ball but with a little practice he will be able too.

Grayson couldn't read because when he was young his parents usually got drunk and he always got put in the bad classes. The teacher would wisper to the principle that they are impossible to teach.

**Chapter 27** -

 * Why did Maniac take the money Grayson gave him to buy books?
 * Why doesn't Grayson like vowels?

Maniac took the money Grayson gave him to buy books because he wanted to read and to learn new things just like in school. that is why he took the money to buy books.

Grayson doesn't like vowels because there are only 5 of them but to him it seems like a thousand. Plus most of the vowels are in every single word. And Grayson thinks you can never trust a vowel because it will just show up again.

**Chapter 28 -**

 * Why does Maniac say "A-men"?
 * Why does Grayson buy Maniac lots of things?

Maniac say A-men because He wanted to say it when Grayson accomplish reading. Maniac says that because its what you say when someone says something you like.

Grayson bought Maniac lots of things because of how he felt about Maniac. Grayson probably felt that Maniac is like his own son and that Grayson loves him as a son.

**Chapter 29 -**

 * Why was it the best Thanksgiving ever for Maniac?
 * Who did Maniac pray for on Thanksgiving?

It was the best Thanksgiving ever for Maniac because he was with someone he cared about and that he's not with his aunt and uncle that don't talk to each other even on a thankful holiday.

Maniac prayed for the Beales. He prayed for them because he missed them and hoped that they have a great holiday.

**Chapter 30** -

 * Why did Grayson and Maniac decorate the band shell and got two trees at Christmas?
 * Why was Christmas so special for both of them?

Grayson and Maniac went above and beyond on decorations because Christmas was special for them. It was special because they weren't lonely.

It was special because they had someone to spend it with so its much jollier.

**Chapter 31** -
Maniac will probably be scared and depressed by Grayson's death.Grayson was like a father to Maniac and he was the one who took care of him.
 * How do you think Maniac will react with Grayson"s death?
 * Why did they visit the zoo?

They probably visited the zoo to see the buffalo and so Maniac can give the baby buffalo a Christmas gift.

**Chapter 32 -**

 * Why did Maniac stay there instead of going to get help?
 * At the end of the story what did Maniac do?

Maniac stayed there instead of going to get help because he wanted to stay there with Grayson.

At the end of the story Maniac ran. He ran because he had nowhere to go and he had lost one of his closest friends.

**Chapter 38 -**

 * Maniac saw the Beale's. Will he return to them?

Maniac doesn't return to them because he still feels bad about what had happened before.

**Chapter 39 -**

 * Why did Russell and Piper think that the people in the East end were going to hurt Maniac?

They thought that the East enders were going to hurt Maniac because of the stories they heard about them.

**Chapter 40 -**

 * When Russell and Piper were playing football with the baseball glove Grayson gave him, why did Maniac lose it?

Maniac lost it because it was the glove that Grayson gave him on Christmas five days before he died.


 * 100/A+ Excellent Cynthia!**