Chapters 15 – 17
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List an example of a simile from Chapter 15.
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Explain what it means to trash talk.
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Explain why Mrs. Beal’s lip started to quiver.
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Explain why Maniac tells Mrs. Beal “I love you.” Think deeply.
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What is the significance or importance of the phrase, “Maniac just sat at the front window, being on the inside?” Explain what the author is trying to tell the reader.
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Explain what is meant by the following statement. “Maniac loved almost everything about his new life. But everything did not love him back.” (56)
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Explain in what way Maniac is “blind.” What can he not “see?”
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Explain your thoughts about the author’s statement, “Kids don’t like a kid who is different.” (58) How does this make you feel? Explain when you might have experienced or seen examples of this in your own life.
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Think of your own metaphor to describe the environment being too hot. (Page 59) It was so hot….
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When the old man is rude to Maniac, he sees his finger pointing at him, “not a speck of icing on it.” (page 60) What character is he referring to when he thinks of a finger with icing on it? Give text evidence please.
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Explain what you would do if someone was yelling unkind things at your friend as the old man in the rooster pajamas did to Maniac.
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Explain why Bow Wow refused to run with Jeffery in the mornings. (62)
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Explain why Mrs. Beale is described as “her cheeks wet,” as she scrubbed the chalk words off the house. (page 63)