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What does maniac do before falling asleep at the Beale house and why?
What does Maniac do before falling asleep at the Beale house? Why? Maniac checks the address. He has not had one for a long time.
What happens when Mr Beale offers maniac a ride home?
Beale offers Maniac a ride home, and when Maniac declares that they’ve made it in front of a house a couple blocks away from the Beales’ and still in the East End, Mr. Beale knows something is up. He calls Maniac’s bluff, and before you know it there’s one more resident at 728 Sycamore.
Why did Maniac Magee leave the Beales House?
Ch. 17- Maniac wanted to leave the Beales’ house because he felt that the things that were being done or said by East Enders to get him to leave were causing the Beales to be hurt.
What did not happen when Maniac first stayed with the Beale family?
What did NOT happen when Maniac first stayed with the Beale family? Hester and Lester started to enjoy taking baths. Amanda began leaving her suitcase at home. Amanda finally got a bedroom for herself.
What does an old man at the block party call maniac?
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Term How did Jeffrey Magee become an orphan? | Definition His parents were killed in a train crash. |
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Term At the block party, an old man calls Maniac something. What does he call him? | Definition whitey |
Term What is written on the side of the Beale;s house? | Definition Fishbelly go home. |
Which character changed the most in Maniac Magee?
Maniac Magee, whose real name is Jeffrey, undergoes several changes during the course of the novel. Many of them are serious and life-altering. The deaths of his parents impacts him the most, setting him on the path of adventures that run through the book.
What is Cobble’s knot?
Word is it appeared one morning hanging from the flagpole outside Cobble’s Corner Grocery. Cobble’s Knot ended up outliving Cobble’s grocery. Now it’s a pizza parlor, and the prize for solving the knot is a large pizza a week for a year.
How does Arnold Jones get over Finsterwald’s back fence?
A group of high school kids dumped Arnold Jones into the Finsterwald’s back yard and ran off. He threw 2 of the high school boys over the fence and made them bring Arnold out.
When did the Beales pay back taxes on Grey Gardens?
Big Edie’s sons were reported to have paid the back property taxes. The Beales in the 1975 movie “Grey Gardens.” In 1973-74, the established documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles visited Grey Gardens on a number of occasions and filmed extensive interviews with Big Edie and Little Edie.
Where did the Beale family live before Grey Gardens?
At first, the family continued to live most of the time in their home in New York City, but eventually Big Edie and the children began spending increasing amounts of time at Grey Gardens. Although Phelan Beale did not lose all of his money in the Depression, financial issues were difficult after that.
How did Phelan Beale and Big Edie Beale divorce?
Photo courtesy of the Estate of Edith Bouvier Beale. In 1946, Phelan Beale notified Big Edie by telegram from Mexico that he had obtained a divorce from her, and shortly after that he remarried. (Little Edie referred to this as a “fake Mexican divorce,” pointing out that that it was not recognized by the Catholic Church.)