Freak the Mighty Study Guide

Freak the Mighty Study Guide

By Staff.Julee Silas

Open Ended

5 points Extra Credit

Using the plot diagram, what are the following for the book Freak the Mighty?

Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution?

Multiple Choice

Which word best describes the following sentence?

Grim went into Max’s room without knocking. 

• Intruding

• Expel

• Postulated

• Depleted

Multiple Choice

Which word best describes the following sentence?

Kevin moved into a two family house. 

• Intruding

• Expel

• Bulkhead

• Duplex

Multiple Choice

Who is it? "let Max visit Kevin in the hospital!"

• Nurse

• Security guard

• Gwen

• Dr. Spivak

Multiple Choice

Who is it? "I am a bully!"

• Grim

• Kenny

• Iggy

• Tony D

Multiple Choice

Who said: "I gave Max a cup of coffee!"

• Iggy

• Kenny

• Grim

• Kevin

Multiple Choice

Which is the BEST theme of the novel? 

• Getting even is sometimes the most important motive of all. 

• Recognizing the worth of all human beings is important. 

• Be careful what you wish for. 

• Make lots of friends 

Multiple Choice

Which literary device is found below?

"They're like bugs," my father says. "They're not too smart, but there's lots of them and they keep at it."

• Simile

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Multiple Choice

What literary device is found below?

"Most of the inside walls are gone, and you can see where the center beam was chewed by the fire."

• simile

• imagery

• hyperbole

• personification

Multiple Choice

What did Loretta use the boiler for when she was in the basement?

• to heat up the room

• to free Max from the rope

• to increase the hot water in order to take a shower

• to bang on it to make noise and alert the police

Multiple Choice

What did Max reveal when his father was hurting Loretta?

• that he wanted to go home

• that he saw his father hurt his mother

• that he thought Iggy was involved in his kidnapping

• that he really wanted to go on a trip with his father

Multiple Choice

How did Max get out of the basement?

• Loretta pulled him through an open window.

• Freak hit Max's father with a baseball bat.

• Loretta screamed loudly and the police found them.

• Freak shot Max's father with a liquid mixture and they ran.

Multiple Choice

What literary device is found below?

"I'm sitting there in the snow squinting up at Iggy and all these cops, there must be a million cops..."

• Simile

• Imagery

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Multiple Choice

What literary device is found below?

"It all goes to show, like Grim says, that you can't always judge a book by the cover."

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• flashback

Multiple Choice

Which element of plot is going on below?

"But you've got a brain of your own, haven't you dear?" Yeah, right.

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action

• Resolution

Explanation Slide...

Since Max still thinks that he is dumb, which is the conflict, the climax hasn’t happened yet. 

Multiple Choice

If the novel were written from Loretta’s point of view, what would the reader probably learn? 

• Why Max’s father came to her house. 

• Why Iggy loves her so much. 

• Why Max’s father dislikes her. 

• Why she drinks so much. 

Multiple Choice

Why didn’t Max go to court? 

• His father got away from the police. 

• His father plead guilty to the crimes. 

• He was excused because he got hurt. 

• He didn’t want to testify against his father. 

Multiple Choice

What medical procedure did Freak have in the hospital? 

• appendectomy 

• tracheotomy 

• blood transfusion 

• heart transplant 

Multiple Choice

I go, “Poor Gwen? She’s not the one having the special operation. 

Grim and Gram just look at each other like they can’t believe I’m so dumb…” 

What is the meaning behind these lines from the novel? 

• Grim and Gram know that Freak isn’t having a robotic operation 

• Grim and Gram are unaware of Freak’s robotic operation. 

• Max is angry because his grandparents think he’s dumb. 

• Max is angry at Gwen because Freak got sick. 

Multiple Choice

Why did “Kicker” return? 

• because Max had trouble dealing with Freak’s death 

• because Max decided to get involved in kick boxing 

• because Max had to defend himself against Blade 

• because Max was angry at his grandparents 

Multiple Choice

Who encouraged Max and caused the climax? 

• Gwen 

• Gram 

• Iggy 

• Loretta 

Explanation Slide...

She asked him what he was doing, and he said, “nothing”. She said, “Nothing’s a drag…” which caused him to go home, pull out the blank pages and begin writing Freak the Mighty.) 

Multiple Choice

Which is the falling action? 

• Freak dies in the hospital. 

• Max smashes through a glass door. 

• Freak stays in the hospital 

• Max writes a book. 

Multiple Choice

Which is the resolution ?

• Max decides to read some books. 

• Max moves out of the basement. 

• Max writes to Freak’s mother. 

• Max makes a new friend. 

Multiple Choice

The surprise of Freak’s death is considered… 

• verbal irony 

• dramatic irony 

• situational irony 

• no irony 

Multiple Choice

What is the tone of the novel? 

• funny 

• optimistic 

• sad/gloomy 

• sarcastic/conversational