Maniac Magee
Chapter 1-2
Name ____________________________________________
1. The following question has two parts, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.
Part A
In the chapter, which sentence best explains what Jeffrey was upset about at the spring musical?
A.
B.
C.
D.
He thought he should have a solo.
He couldn’t stand that his aunt and uncle wouldn’t talk to each other.
He wanted to sound like an animal on the song and the teacher wouldn’t let him.
He hated singing in the choir.
Part B
Which sentence from the chapter best supports the answer to Part A
A.
B.
C.
D.
“Jeffrey started screaming at the start of the song, which was ‘Talk to the animals…’”
“Then the music ended and Jeffrey went right on screaming…”
“Then the giggling stopped, and eyes started to shift and heads started to turn...”
“Jeffrey Magee wasn’t supposed to be up there on the risers, bellowing out from the
midst of the chorus: ‘Talk! Talk, will ya! Talk! Talk! Talk!’”
2. How are the events in Maniac Magee narrated?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Jeffrey tells his thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
An outside narrator tells the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of Jeffrey only.
An outside narrator tells the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of all the characters.
Jeffrey’s aunt tells story.
Chapter 2
3. Read the sentences from the passages on the left. Then match the underlined word in
each sentence to a word on the right with the same meaning. Not all the words on the
right will have matches.
“Yet there were other theories. Some say he just
got tired of running. Some say it was the butterscotch Krimpets.”
breaks
states
ideas
“If you listen to everybody who claims to have seen
Jeffrey-Maniac Magee that first day, there must have
been ten thousand people…”
feels
4. Below is a passage from Maniac Magee. Which phrase best tells you that Jeffrey wore
out his shoes from running so much?
“A couple people truly remember, and here’s what they saw: a scraggly little kid jogging
toward them, the soles of both sneakers hanging by their hinges and flopping like dog
tongues each time they came up from the pavement.”
A. “A couple of people truly remember…”
B. “a scraggly little kid jogging…”
C. “…the soles of both sneakers hanging by their hinges and flopping like dog
tongues…”
D. “…they came up from the pavement.”