Freak the Mighty Chapters 23 -25

What does Max find out when he gets to the ICU?

• Freak has had his transplant.
• Freak is in a coma.
• Freak has been moved to The Bionic Unit.
• Freak has died.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does Dr. Spivak tell Max when he says she lied to Freak about his new bionic body?

•  She did not lie to Freak. She tried to once when he was seven, but he looked his disease up in a medical dictionary.
• She only lied to protect Freak from the truth.
• She did not lie to Freak; he made up The Bionic Unit to make Max feel better.
• She lied because Gwen asked her to never tell Freak he was dying.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How does Freak die?

• Freak’s transplant was unsuccessful. 
• Freak’s heart was just got too big for his body.
• Freak’s lungs were too small for his body.
• Freak died from an infection he contracted in The Bionic Unit.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does Grim tell Max about living and having Freak as a friend?

• Grim tells Max living is not easy; he should be very grateful to have had a friend like Freak.
• Grim tells Max he was lucky to have a friend like Freak; now it was time to get on with living the rest of his life. 
• Grim tells Max life is tough, and having Freak for a friend made it a little easier for a while.
•  Grim tells Max it isn’t how long you have, but what you do with the time you have. He also said that most people go through life never having a friend like Freak.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What does Max do after Freak dies? How does Max feel?

• Max is very lonely and spends a lot of time with Gwen.
• Max refuses to go to school; he feels he will never be able to learn without Freak.
• Max hides in the down under, feeling like a balloon somebody has let all the air out of.
• Max is very angry Freak lied to him about the transplant, and he destroys the book Freak had given him.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

How does Max feel when he goes back to school?

• Max finds he likes school now that everyone is being nice to him because his best friend died.
• Max hates every minute, especially how people kept feeling sorry for him, as if he were the one who died.
• Max hates every minute, especially now that he no longer has Freak for a brain.
•  Max is not happy, but he is trying to do his best so Freak would be proud of him.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

What does Tony D. say to Max when he returns to school? What does Max do?

• Tony D. tells Max it is a shame what happened to Freak. Max blows up and tells him if he ever felt sorry for him again, he’d put him headfirst in the millpond and pound him down into the mud like a fence post.
• Tony D. tells Max Freak got just what he deserved, and Max punches him in the face.
• Tony D. says hello to Max, but Max just ignores him and walks away.
• Tony D. tells Max how sorry he is about Freak; Max becomes one of Tony D.’s gang.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Who does Max see that winter after Freak dies, and what does she say to him?

• Max sees Gwen, and she tells him she is remarried and going to have a baby.
• Max sees Loretta. When she asks him what he is doing, he says, “Nothing.” She gives him a long look and says, “It’s time to get on with living, kid.”
• Max sees Gwen. When she asks him what he is doing, he says, “Nothing.” She gives him a long look and says, “Nothing is a drag, kid. Think about it.”
• Max sees Loretta. When she asks him what he is doing, he says, “Nothing.” She gives him a long look and says, “Nothing is a drag, kid. Think about it.”

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What does Max do with the empty book?

• Max writes a new King Arthur story.
• Max writes Freak the Mighty.
• Max writes a dictionary.
• Max leaves the book in the pyramid box.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

“For a long time I felt like I was a balloon and somebody had let the air out of me”?

What type of figurative language is the sentence above?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole