Freak the Mighty Chapters 12 - 14

How does Kevin help Max understand how to read?

• He reads everything to him aloud.

• He tutors him every day.

• He showed him how words are just voices on paper.

• He had him hypnotized.

Why does Max get called down to principal's office?

• He's going to get detention.

• To tell him gram is sick and going to the hospital.

• He's won a special award.

• To tell him about his father's parole request.

How does Max react when told that his father has a request for him?

• He is excited to hear about his father.

• He puts his fist through the wall.

• He won't listen and blows up.

• He won't listen and runs back to class.

Why does Kevin need a new body?

• He doesn't like his body.

• His insides grow faster than his outsides.

• His outsides grow faster than his insides.

• He will always be small if he doesn't get a new body.

Just before Christmas, Grim and Gram argue. What do they argue about?

• Grim wants to get a gun to protect the family.

• Grim wants the family to leave town.

• Gram wants Max to move upstairs.

• Gram wants to hire security.

According to Grim , how will Kenny get out of prison?

• He will escape.

• He will fool the parole board.

• He will pretend he is sick.

• He will finish his prison sentence.

What does Grim ask Max to promise?

• That he will go back to school.

• That he will stay in the house.

• That he will try to find a gun.

• That he will not speak to the parole board.

"I used to think all that spooky stuff about Friday the

Thirteenth was just a pile of baloney." What does a pile of baloney mean in this sentence?

• nonsense

• judgement

• facts

• lunch

"School.

For the last week or so it’s like getting jabbed

with a little needle every time I hear that word." How does Max feel about school in this sentence?

• He is nervous.

• He is happy.

• He thinks school is hard.

• He thinks school is painful.

She takes a deep breath and folds her hands

together like she’s praying and she says, “A request

has been forwarded to me from the parole board.

A request from your father.

What is this an example of?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Climax

• Falling Action