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 * **Chapter** || **The Amazing Feats** ||
 * 2 || Maniac runs 200 miles or 51 weeks to Two Mills and sayed hi to everyone he passed. ||
 * 4 || When Jeffrey ran off, he interferes with a varsity football pratice and catches the ball with one hand while holding a book in the other. ||
 * 5 || Jeffrey saves a guy named Arnold Jones from the Finsterwald's yard and sits on the front door steps. ||
 * 6 || Jeffrey ran on the steel rail itself. ||
 * 7 || Jeffrey gets into a little league baseball game and he breaks the record of the giant John McNab. ||
 * 10 || Maniac meets Mars and Mars offers a bite out of his candy bar. Maniac took a bite which confuses Mars. ||
 * 13 || Maniac was allergic to pizza. ||
 * 14 || Jeffrey scored 49 touchdowns in football. ||
 * 20 || Jeffrey was the first one to untie the Kobble's Knot, when others before him only failed. ||
 * 21 || Someone stole Amanda's Encyclopedia A and they ripped it to shreds. Amanda was so sad that Jeffrey thought the only right thing to do was leave her family and he walked down Hector street and went back to the zoo. ||
 * 36 || Maniac stood in the Finsterwald's yard for 10 minutes and when he was done, he knocked on the front door. ||
 * 37 || At 20 paces, he hit a telephone pole with a stone 61 times in a row. When the once-a-week freight train hit Elm Street, he started running with it on one rail and beat the train to the park with no sweat. Maniac took off his sneakers and socks and walked right across the rat-infested dump at the foot of Rako Hill. Maniac put his entire arm, up to his elbow, into a mysterious hole, held it inside for sixty seconds and then made it out with all his fingers. He climbed the fence at the zoo and kissed the baby buffalo. ||

Chapter 16 - How is Maniac Magee blind? Maniac Magee blindness is was on how people felt. He couldn’t see that other people didn’t like him, or how big kids didn’t like little kids showing them up. Then when enough dislike piled up, Maniac could finally see it all.

**Chapters 17 and 18 - ** What is Race? Race is a category on how people look. It is based on your skin color and where you come from. I didn’t do very well. I only got six right, about one right per group. It’s very silly to categorize people by race all you are doing is putting people who look similar to each other together. It’s not what’s on the outside but what’s on the inside that matters. Maniac didn’t understand why people are called white and black. All he knew was that people had caramel, burnt orange, chocolate, or tan, ect., as their skin color.

Racism is making fun of someone based on their looks, skin color, the way they eat, how they talk, or something from their culture. 1. Stop treating people differently just because they are from another nationality than yours. 2. Respect other people’s culture 3. Don’t hate on people because they eat different food.

Chapter 19 – Describe Cobble’s knot. Give details form the story to support your answer Cobble’s knot is a really big knot that nobody has ever untied until Maniac Magee came along. The knot was about the size and shape of a lopsided volleyball. It was made out of string, with more contortions, ins and outs, twists and turns, and dips and doodles than the brain of Albert Einstein.

Chapter 20 – Why do you think Maniac was successful when others before him were not? Maniac was successful on untying the knot when others before him were not because Maniac did it slowly and carefully. He analyzed what he was doing and what he needed to do for it to be knot-free.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Chapter 21 – Compare the cobras to Mars Bar’s East Enders. Use examples from text. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">The cobras are people in the east end and the Mars Bar’s East Enders are people in the west end. They are both gangs.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Chapter 22 – Describe Grayson’s <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Grayson is the type of guy who would probably help anyone. He helped Maniac when he was sick and gave him chicken noodle soup. He is older and weak.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Chapter 23 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">1. How do you think Jeffrey feels about school? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">A- When Jeffrey thinks about school, it reminds him of a home. He thinks that school is like a day home because you have to leave at night. You can't use it as your address because an address is where you stay at night. To him, home and school is very important, but because he has a bad memory of home he doesn't want to go to school. You could say Jeffrey might be scared of being hurt, and going to school would definitely hurt him.

2. Do you think Jeffrey wants to go back home? A- Deep down inside Jeffrey's heart, he truly wants to go back to the Beale's house. But ever since Amanda's encyclopedia was ripped, he didn't want to hurt or trouble them. He didn't want them to deal with all the things happening because of him. So now he has mixed feelings about home.

Chapter 24 1. Why do you think Grayson was so curious and shocked about black people? A- Grayson was really curious about black people because he probably never met them and because Jeffrey lived with a family of black people. Since the town was racially divided, Grayson thought the other side was full of dirty, weird, monster/people. He was really shocked when Jeffrey told him all about the blacks because he never would have thought that black people were just the same as white people.

2.Why do you think Grayson doesn't want to talk about himself? A- Grayson doesn't want to talk about himself probably because he finds himself uninteresting or he has a dark secret. When he told Jeffrey about his dream to be a baseball player, he had felt sad because he wasn't. I think he did something bad that ruined his career.

Chapter 25 1.Why do you think Grayson lost the big game even though he prayed so much? A- I think Grayson lost the game just because he prayed. It wasn't his style and it messed him up. If he played as usual without praying, it wouldn't have given him hope that just because he prayed, he was going to be great.

2. Why do you think Grayson told stories to Jeffrey even though he keeps insisting "He ain't got no story". A Grayson told stories to Jeffrey because it made him feel good. He told Jeffrey all the things that happen to him and Jeffrey would listen with all his heart. It makes Grayson happy because Grayson doesn't think of himself as interesting so when Jeffrey listens, he feels like he's awesome.

Chapter 26 Why do you think Maniac couldn’t hit the Stop Ball? Maniac couldn’t hit the stop ball because Maniac isn’t that experienced in baseball while Grayson practiced it for years. Even though Maniac might be more talented, Grayson beats him with experience.

Why does Grayson want to learn how to read? Grayson wants to learn how to read because he gave up trying to learn early in life. He sees Jeffrey reading and wants to learn so he asks Jeffrey to teach him.

Chapter 27 Why does Grayson have troubles learning the vowels? Grayson has troubles learning the vowels because you find almost all of them in every single word. Grayson didn’t like vowels and vowels didn’t like him.

Why does Jeffrey make a good manager when teaching Grayson? Jeffrey makes a good manager when teaching Grayson because Jeffrey is strict and will not give up. He also understands Grayson so when encouraging him, Grayson works better.

Chapter 28 Why does Grayson say A-men? Grayson says A-men because Jeffrey told him that he would say A-men when something he liked happened. Grayson liked Jeffrey and his warm embrace so Grayson said A-men.

Why does Grayson buy stuff for Jeffrey? Grayson buys stuff for Jeffrey because he likes Jeffrey. Jeffrey is a fun, lovable boy and he likes Grayson too.

Chapter 29 Why does Jeffrey have the best Thanksgiving dinner with Grayson? Jeffrey has the best Thanksgiving dinner with Grayson because all his other Thanksgiving dinners were quiet and miserable. Now he has his first real Thanksgiving dinner so he’s really happy. To him it’s the best.

Why does Jeffrey want paint? Jeffrey wants paint to paint the number 101 on the outside of the door to show he has an address. To him, an address is the best thing you could have. He wants to live with Grayson.

Chapter 30 Why does Grayson move in with Jeffrey to 101 Band Shell Boulevard? Grayson moves in to 101 Band Shell Boulevard with Jeffrey because he loves him. Jeffrey was the best thing that happened to him. He is happy because of Jeffrey.

Do you think Grayson ever decorated Christmas trees? I don’t think Grayson ever decorated Christmas Trees before. He’s only doing that because it’s for Maniac. He thinks of Maniac as his grandchild.

Chapter 31 Why does Maniac visit the zoo? Maniac visits the zoo to give his present to the buffalos. He stayed with the buffalos when he was living in the zoo.

How do you think Maniac will react when Grayson dies? I think Maniac will be depressed and lonely. Grayson was like a grandfather to him. They have a special connection.

Chapter 32 Why did Maniac just leave? Maniac left because no one was coming to the funeral. Even the Minister didn’t want to come.

Why were the workers so bored? The workers were bored because they didn’t want to go. They were disrespectful because they were smoking.

Chapter 38 In the end of the chapter, Maniac sees the Beale Family. Do you think he will live with them again? I do not think he will live them again because he does not want to bother them. And also Maniac has moved on to another chapter of his life.

Chapter 39 Why did Mr. Mcnabb never learn Maniac's name even after 3 months? Mr. Mcnabb never learned Maniac's name because he doesn't want to even try. He is lazy like that. Maniac's name is just not important enough to him.

Chapter 40 Why was Maniac angry when he saw Piper and Russel playing with the glove Grayson gave him? Maniac was mad because he loved the glove grayson gave him. It was his only memory of Grayson.

** H ** appy when Maniac takes baths with her ** E ** nergetic all day ** S ** tubborn when taking baths ** T ** alks to everyone ** E ** njoys coloring on walls ** R ** uns wildly

2/1/11 100/A+ Excellent!