The Friendship – Mildred Taylor.
Answer the questions with the *** and then choose two more questions from each selection to answer. (Total of four questions)
Answer the questions with the *** and then choose two more questions from each selection to answer. (Total of four questions)
- Why weren't the Logan children supposed to go into the Wallace store? How did they feel about being there?
- ***What upset Little Man? How did he feel? How would you respond if someone said this to you?
- How did Cassie feel when Jeremy began talking to them?
- How would you feel if you were one of the Logan children when Mr. Tom Bee and Mr. Wallace had their argument?
- What advice would you give Mr. Tom Bee?
- What would you do after Mr. Tom Bee was shot? Would you go to the police? Why? Why not?
- ***What is friendship? Do you think Mr. Wallace and Mr. Tom Bee were ever really "friends"? What changed?
Written Response to Jerry Spinelli’s Maniac Magee
Names and home are powerful themes Jerry Spinelli has us explore in Maniac Magee. Use the answers to these questions write about each of these themes.
Much is made in the book of nicknames. Look at who does and who does not have a nickname in the story (make a list of the nicknames).
1. How do they earn them or lose them?
2. McNab’s gang is called “The Cobras” and the tricycle set are called “Hecks Angels”. What does each of those
names connote?
3. Which characters call Jeffery “Maniac” and which do not? What might be the reason for this?
Homes and homeless are very important to the story.
1. If Jeffery loves being with the Beales so much, why doesn’t he stay there from the beginning?
2. Notice his determination to have an address, even painting a number on the band shell. Notice when he erases it. What does this mean to you?
3. How does Jeffery define home? How do you?