Freak the Mighty

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

• hyperbole

• imagery

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

• hyperbole

• personification

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 bang on it to make noise and alert the policemen

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

How did Max get out of the basement?

• Loretta pulled him through an open window.

• Loretta screamed loudly and the police found them.

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

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...”

• hyperbole

• personification

• metaphor

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.

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

Which element of plot is going on below?

“But you’ve got a brain of your own, haven’t you dear?” Yeah, right.

• exposition

• rising action

• climax

Why didn’t Max go to court?

• His father plead guilty to the crimes.

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

• HIs father got away from the police.

What medical procedure did Freak have in the hospital?

• appendectomy

• tracheotomy

• heart transplant