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Maniac Magee Flashcards

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Legend says maniac was born in a

A

Dump

But he was really born in an ordinary house in bridgport

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1
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Author

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Jerry spinelli

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Maniacs legacy

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That girls from differnt sides of town play together

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3
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History of a kid is

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One part fact
Two parts legend
Three parts snowball

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His parents died when

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Their tr,ley car driven by a drubk fell off a trstele bridge into the schuylkyllnwgen he was three

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Maniacs real name

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Jeffrey lionel magee

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Nearest relatives

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Uncle dan aunt dot in western pa

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Why did jeffrey screa. At the show

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To get his fughting guardians to talk.

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Where did he go

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He took a year to walk back to two mills across the river from where he was born

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9
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Food mentioned

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Butterscotch krimpets

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10
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What did he do that people found strange

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Randomly said hi to everyone

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1st person talked to

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Amanda beale who was surprised he was on the black side of town

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12
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Jeffrey made amanda

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Late for school asking for a book

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13
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Second appearance of jeffrey

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Caught a ball meant for hands down

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Who was everyone afraid of

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Finsterwald….where it is rumored jeffrey carried a scared kid out to the front steps where jeffrey then read a book

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How did the pickwell kids of 10 plus the rest of the nation know dinner was ready

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Whistle

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What and where did the pickwells eat

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Ping pong table and spaghetti

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Who did jeffrey do after he sneaked into pickwells

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Ran on steel railroad track

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18
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Pictcher name

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Mcnab

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19
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What got pitched at jeffrey

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A frog

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20
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Where did he sleep

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Deer shack at elmwood park zoo

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21
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Mcnabs gang

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The cobras

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22
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Boundary between east and west

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Hector street

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23
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Who had candy

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Mars bars thompson

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Amandas siblings

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Hester and lester

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25
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Who invited him to stay

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The beales 278 sycamore

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26
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Who tooks baths with hester andlester

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Maniac

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27
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What was maniac allergic to

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Pizza

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28
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Dogs name

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Bow wow

29
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What was written on the wall

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Fishbelly go home

30
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What was amandas ide for jeffs acceptance

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Cobbies knot

31
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Tricycle gang

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Hecks angels

32
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What is a zep

A

A type of hoagie

33
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Untying the knot what did he do

A

Take a 15 minute nap

34
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He finished untying at

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Dinnertime

35
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What was the confetti made out of

A

The a encylcopedia

36
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Who found jeff at the zoo sick

A

Grayson

37
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Where did he take him

A

To the equipment shed at the shell

38
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Where did grayson live

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At the ymca

39
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What did grayson want to be when he grew up

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A baseball palyer

40
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How was grayson tricked

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Into believing he had a free meal

41
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How oldgrayson

A

40

42
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What does maniac do with he money grayson gives him

A

Buys books

43
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Maniac taught grayson

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To read

44
Q

Bluefield

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Where grayson ran away at 15

45
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Grayson compared vowels

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To knucleballs

46
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First book grayson read

A

Little engine that could

47
Q

When you really like something

A

Say amen

48
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Where did grayson eat thanksgiving

A

In the tool shed

49
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What music did grayson listen to

A

Polka

50
Q

Maniacs addresses

A

728 sycamore

101 band shell boilevard

51
Q

Maniacs gift to grayson

A

A handmade book about grayson and willie mays,he got krimpets gloves and a new baseball and his minors glove

52
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When did grayson die

A

Five days after christmas

53
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Who did mania. Tell thatbgrayson dies

A

Zookeeper

54
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Where did maniac find lodging

A

Valley forge cabin

55
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What did he see at valley forge

A

Ghostbsoldiers bur really kid runaways actually mcnabs little brothers

56
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What did maniac lie about

A

That mcnab knew how to pitch a stopball

57
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The raisins at mcnabs were

A

Roaches

58
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What did maniac do for the little mcnabs

A

Made them feel important

59
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What did mcnabs make maniac do

A

Sit in finsterwalds yard

60
Q

Mars and maniac both

A

Have new kicks

61
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Mars challenges maniac to

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A race

62
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Maniac won the race while

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Looking backward

63
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Old mcnab planned for a

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Revolt – pillbox upset maniac more than roaches

64
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The pickwells reminded maniac of

A

The beales

65
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Maniac wanted the mcnab boys to become like

A

Hester and lester not rot to the core

66
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Maniac would go to the mcnab party if

A

He could bring somebody and he brought mar thomson

67
Q

Who was stuck on the trestle

A

Russell

68
Q

Who saved russell

A

Mars

69
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What did mars ask maniac

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Why he never stops at,his house

70
Q

Who pulled maniacs ears while he was with the buffalo

A

Amanda

71
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Who finally took him home

A

Amanda

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