Maniac Magee

Chapter 38

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1. As Maniac heads to the East End for the "most perilous challenge of all" explain what he is truly afraid of when he is in the East End. (143)​

2. Explain what is meant by the metaphor "phone booth of space." (144)​

3. Explain what the race means to Mars Bar as he is challenging Maniac. 

4.Explain why Maniac asks, “Why did I do that?” (147)

5. Explain how the hatred in Mar’s eyes changed after the race.

6. Explain who rescues Maniac at the end of the chapter.

 

Chapter 39

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1.     March doubled back and grabbed April by the scruff of the neck and flung it another week or two down the road.” (149)  Identify the type of figurative language

2.     Explain why you believe Jeffrey left the Beals home in the middle of the night.

3.     Explain the meaning of “In spite of their twisted, ludicrous impressions of East Enders, the concern and the tears in their eyes had been genuine” (150) What does this mean?

4.     How long had Maniac lived with the McNabbs?

5.     “Now there was something else in that house, and it smelled worse than the garbage and turds” (152) Explain what Jeffrey was feeling was worse than the garbage.