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Freak the Mighty Review
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Review for Freak the Mighty novel - reading comprehension and literary analysis.
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1
What was one reason Friday the 13th was a bad day for Maxwell at school?
He tripped in the cafeteria and spilled his tray on Blade
He received news Gram had been taken to the hospital
He was told the parole board contacted them about his father
Mrs. Donelli suggested he consider returning to LD class
2
How does the reader know Max was afraid of his father when they were together?
Max was "too nervous" to even speak to his father
Max cried the entire time he was with his father.
Max tried to run away as soon as he reached Iggy's house
Max always answered his father with "sir"
3
How did the author show the reader that Gwen was nervous when Max came over for dinner?
Everything she said was too quiet for Max to hear
She said, "sweetie" after every sentence
She kept shouting and laughing
All of her words ran together
4
One theme of Freak the Mighty could be -
Acceptance of others helps us grow.
Friendships can come in unlikely places.
All of them!
Courage is important in tough times.
5
How did Maxwell stop his father from strangling Loretta to death?
He taunted him by repeatedly calling him "Killer Kane"
He screamed out that he saw his father strangle his mother
He sprayed the contents of a fire extinguisher at him
He squirted him in the face with a water gun
6
When they refer to "Grim" how are they defining Max's grandfather?
angry and evil
depressing and bleak
happy and go-lucky
funny and entertaining
7
What effect did prison have on Killer Kane?
He turned into a true family man
He became weak from lack of exercise
He became very sorry for what he had done
He learned how to fool people
8
Freak made Max swear that he wouldn't tell anyone his plan to -
become the first bionically improved human.
travel by bus to Florida to see Cape Canaveral.
patent an invention he created.
communicate with his father and arrange to see him.
9
When Max's father appeared on Christmas Eve, Max felt -
Bored and lazy
Nervous and scared
Happy and excited
Hateful and violent
10
Max was a person who was -
a bully
very funny and popular
extremely intelligent
often shy and discouraged
11
Which item did Freak and Maxwell retrieve from the storm drain?
A slimy purse
An expensive watch
An old, corroded coin
A wet letter
12
Why didn't Max have to testify against his father when they caught him again?
Killer Kane pleaded guilty so no trial was needed.
Grim and Gram wouldn't let Max testify.
Max was considered too young.
Max said he didn't want to.
13
Maxwell decided to write about his adventures with Freak after he -
was inspired by some photographs of Freak and himself
thought about Loretta's comment "doing nothing was a drag"
spoke with the Fair Gwen about Freak being a genius
listened to the teacher's advice to start writing again
14
Which of the following is a fact from the story?
Max was the smartest kid in the school
Kevin was a sick boy
Max was the strongest kid in the neighborhood
Kevin was going to get a new robotic body
15
During his birthday party, Kevin -
told jokes that had everyone laughing
spoke about his absent father and wept
had a seizure and was taken to the hospital
entertained everyone by doing a magic show
16
What did Max learn about himself in the end of the story?
He looked like his father, but he didn't have to be like him
He tried too hard to make people like him
He was not good enough to be Kevin's friend
He will be just like Killer Kane
17
What is one of the conflicts of this story?
Kevin had to tell Max he was going to die
Max tried to escape from his father
Kevin needed to get a heart transplant
Max had to choose between friendship and family
18
If the story were to continue, what would most likely occur?
Max tries harder in school
Max and Tony D become best friends
Max forgives his father
Max becomes just like his father
19
What did Maxwell call his basement bedroom?
the rathskeller
the cave
the down under
the pit
20
Who is the person telling the story?
Kevin, who typed it on his new computer.
A narrator who knows the thoughts of all the characters.
Max, in the blank book Kevin gave to him.
A narrator who only knows the thoughts of Kevin and Max.
21
What happened to Max when he saw his father try to hurt Loretta?
He understood that he would become like his father some day
He realized his true strength
He remembered watching his father kill his mother
He became too scared to do anything
22
For Christmas, what did Freak give Maxwell?
A miniature robot that was programmed to learn words
A journal to inspire Maxwell to write
A dictionary he had created and put inside a pyramid box
An ornithopter placed in a hand-woven nest
23
After Freak and Maxwell attended the fireworks, what happened?
They were chased by Blade's gang and got stuck in the pond
They took a shortcut through a wooded area and became lost.
They met Iggy Lee in the testaments and was harassed by him.
They tried to make an explosive and set the garage on fire
24
What was Freak obsessed with?
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Playing chess
Writing in his journal
Disney movies
25
When Fair Gwen found Freak at Maxwell's home for the first time, Maxwell -
was tongue-tied because he thought she was beautiful
realized that she was frightened of him
lied and said his grandparents were not home
felt embarrassed by her compliments
