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- 1. Multiple Choice
Whose line is, "Talk, Will Ya?" What is the tone of the line?
Maniac Magee said it in a polite tone. I know this because he is well-mannered.
Jeffrey screamed this in a demanding, frustrated tone. I know this because he had 8 years of a divided household.
Mars Bar said it in an aggressive tone. I know this because Mars Bar speaks aggressively in his role as leader of is group.
- 2. Multiple Choice
"You think you're bad or somethin'?" Who said it; what is the tone, and how do you know?
Maniac said it in a sincere Tone because he was simply doing Mars Bar asked him to do.
Amanda says it in Questioning tone, because Jeffrey lives at the deer pen.
Mars Bar said it in an aggressively curious tone after Maniac took a bite of his candy bar.
- 3. Multiple Choice
"Ma-niac, Ma-niac
He's so cool
Ma-niac, Ma-niac
Don't go to school
Runs all night
Runs all right
Ma-niac, Ma-niac
Kissed a bull!"
Who said it? What is the tone? How do you know?
A girl with a crush on Jeffrey wrote this in her journal in a loving tone.
Girls were chanting it while jumping rope, so the tone is sing-song, playful, and worshipful.
- 4. Multiple Choice
"Don't stop till yer outta town, runt! Don't ever let me catch ya'!" Who said it; what's the tone; and how do you know?
Maniac said it to Mars bar in an angry tone when he tore the page out of Amanda's book.
Mars Bar said it in an angry tone because Maniac took a bite of his candy bar.
McNab angrily screamed it at Maniac because he made a home run with the frogball.
- 5. Multiple Choice
"You move on now, Whitey, you pick up your gear and move on out. Time to go home now."
Who said it; what was the tone, and how do you know?
Mars Bar said it angrily to Maniac because Maniac was in the East End after dark.
An old man during the August block party ranted at Maniac because he was enraged that a white person was in the East End having fun.
- 6. Multiple Choice
"Don't stop till yer outta town, runt! Don't ever let me catch ya'!" What does it say about his character?
It shows he is a poor sport because he is angry that Maniac made a home run when he tried his best to strike him out
It shows he is helpful because he is trying to warn Maniac for his own good.
- 7. Multiple Choice
"You can't listen to that old coot. He's goofy. He's always saying stuff like that. You can't go because of something one nutty old coot says." Who said it; what is the tone; and how do you know?
Hester and Lester said it in a demanding tone because they liked taking a bath with him.
Amanda said it to Maniac in a pleading tone because she wanted him to continue to live with them.
Mrs. Beale said it in an authoritative tone because Maniac is her son now.
- 8. Multiple Choice
"You can't listen to that old coot. He's goofy. He's always saying stuff like that. You can't go because of something one nutty old coot says." What does these lines say about her character?
The lines prove she loves Maniac like a brother and has his best interests at heart.
The lines prove she is full of herself and thinks Maniac should do as she says.
The lines prove she is selfish wants him to stay so he will do all the work around the house.
- 9. Multiple Choice
"Yo, baby, we hear ya got a little pizza prize there...come on back...we missed ya...we been waitin' for ya..."
Who said it; what is the tone, and how do you know?
Mars Bar and his group say it in a loving tone, but they really want him to share his pizza with them.
Mrs. Pickwell's kids said it in a persuasive tone because they genuinely like him, and they want Maniac to share his pizza.
McNab and the Cobra's hissed it in an ugly tone because they are trying to taunt him into a fight.
- 10. Multiple Choice
"I called the U'S. Army in to haul them buffalo rags away, he said. They come in with gas masks on, and they used tongs to pick 'em up and put 'em in a steel box, and they took the box away to bury it at the bottom of the first mine shaft they come to." Who said it; what's the tone, and how do you know?
Grayson said it in a serious tone because Maniac's clothes posed a national health hazard. I know this because the U.S. Army came.
Grayson said it in a joking tone because he was making fun of Maniac's filthy clothes.
- 11. Multiple Choice
"Them black people, they eat mashed potatoes, too?" Who said it; what was the tone, and how do you know?
McNab asked it in a racist tone because he was upset that Maniac lived in the East end. I know this because McNab quit chasing Maniac when he crossed into the East End.
Grayson asked it in a curious tone because he doesn't know anything about Black people. I know this because he said he had never been in the home of a Black person.
- 12. Multiple Choice
"So, why don't you go ahead and teach me to read." Who said it, what is the tone, and how do you know?
Hester said it in a persuasive tone because she wants to read Lyle, Lyle Crocodile.
Grayson said it in a trusting tone. I know this because he would have to trust the young boy to admit he couldn't read at his age.
- 13. Multiple Choice
"I called the U'S. Army in to haul them buffalo rags away, he said. They come in with gas masks on, and they used tongs to pick 'em up and put 'em in a steel box, and they took the box away to bury it at the bottom of the first mine shaft they come to." What is the author's purpose for using this hyperbole?
The author's purpose was to develop the character's relationship to advance the plot.
The author's purpose was to establish Grayson's humorous, playful Voice.
Both "A" and "B"
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