Chapters 13-18 Freak The Mighty

On Friday the 13th, what did the principal tell Max?

• His father is up for parole and wants to see him.

• He has a detention for skipping school with Kevin.

• He can no longer be in Kevin’s classes.

• His grandmother is worried about him.

How did Freak end up in the hospital?

• He fainted in class.

• He fell down the basement stairs.

• He got hit with a ball in gym class.

• He choked on food in the lunchroom.

According to Freak, why doesn’t Gwen talk about his new robotic body?

• Dr. Spivak asked Freak not to tell her.

• It upsets her to talk about it.

• She doesn’t understand the process.

• Freak hasn’t been approved for the surgery yet.

What did Grim and Gram fight about?

• What to buy Max for Christmas.

• Whether or not to get a restraining order against Max’s father.

• What to buy for Christmas dinner.

• Whether or not to buy a gun for protection against Max’s father.

How did Grim respond when Gram said he never got coal for Christmas?

• “Neither did you!”

• “How would you know; I didn’t even know you back then.”

• “Yes, I did, and I can prove it! Just look in a box in the attic labelled, ‘Christmas 1929’ and you will find it.”

• "My father couldn't afford coal, so he'd write the word 'coal' on a piece of paper and put it in our stockings."

What did Max give Freak for Christmas?

• a computer

• an encyclopedia

• a Swiss army knife

• a set of walkie-talkies

What did Freak give Max for Christmas?

• a book on King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

• two tickets to the movies

• a homemade dictionary

• a science experiment

What whispering voice does Max hear at the end of chapter 15?

• his grandfather’s

• his grandmother’s

• his friend’s

• his father’s

Why is the arrival of Killer Kane situational irony for the reader, but not for Max?

• because he always knew he would come for him

• because the principal told Max he would come for him

• because Grim and Gram said to expect him

• because Gwen saw him walking down the street

What falsehood did Killer Kane tell Max? (Use context clues for “falsehood”)

• He would never tie him up.

• He did not kill Max’s mother.

• He will let Max stay with Loretta and Iggy.

• He will send him plenty of presents in the future.