Freak the Mighty Chapters 1-12

Who is telling the story?

• Kevin is the narrator of the story.

• Gween is the narrator of the story.

• Grim is the narrator of the story.

• Max is the narrator of the story.

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Who are Gram and Grim?

• Writers of the Grim’s Fairy Tales

• Maxwell’s foster parents

• Maxwell’s grandparents, his mother’s people, her parents

• Maxwell’s grandparents, his father’s people, his parents

Max sees Freak for the first time in day care. What does Max think of Freak?

• Max thinks Freak is a sad little kid.

• Max thinks Freak is fierce; he thinks his crutches and leg braces are cool.

• Max thinks Freak is bossy.

• Max thinks Freak is trying to impress the other kids.

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Identify Him.

• Tony D

• Max’s father

• Grim

• Kevin’s father

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Why is Grim concerned about Maxwell?

• Grim is concerned because Maxwell looks like his father and is afraid Max will inherit his father’s character.

• Grim is concerned because Maxwell cannot read.

• Grim is concerned because Maxwell spends too much time in the basement.

• Grim is concerned because Maxwell has no friends.

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Describe the down under. Why does Max like the down under?

• The down under is the prison where Max’s father is; Max likes it because he knows his father cannot break out.

• The down under is an old, run-down playground by the millpond where Max likes to daydream.

• The down under is a little room Grim built in the basement for Max; he likes it because he has it all to himself.

• The down under is the basement in the Testaments; he likes digging through the trash to find cans to sell.

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The second time Max sees Freak, he is giving orders to the moving men. Describe how Freak looks when Max sees him.

• He is short with a small head and big ears.

• He has a normal-sized head, but the rest of his body is shorter than a yardstick.

• He is tall for his age with a small head.

• He has long legs, a short body, and normal-sized head

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What does Max retrieve from the tree for Freak?

• It is a plastic bird.

• It is a football.

• It is a flag.

• It is a kite.

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What does Freak do and say when Max asks him why he calls his mother “Fair Gwen of Air”?

• Freak tries not to show he is laughing inside and explains to Max that his mother’s name is “Gwen,” so he calls her the “Fair Gwen” or the “Fair Guinevere” after Guinevere, from the legend of King Arthur.

• Freak falls down laughing because he can not believe Max would actually think he calls his mother “Fair Gwen of Air.”

• Freak just laughs at Max and doesn’t say anything.

• Freak calls his mother and tells her that Max has given her a new nickname, the “Fair Gwen of Air.”

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What does Max know about King Arthur?

• King Arthur created the Round Table.

• King Arthur is a brand of flour Gram uses.

• King Arthur was the King of England.

• King Arthur pulled a magical sword out of a stone.