Freak the Mighty

What is NOT one of the actions that shows Max has a kind heart on Freak's birthday?

• He helps Gwen and Gram with the dishes.

• He runs to the street and waves his arms for the ambulance.

• He keeps running into the house to check on Freak.

• He gets dizzy from watching 3D chess on the computer.

At his birthday dinner, how does Freak act?

• He has a second helping because it's his favorite meal.

• He is unhappy because the school year has ended and he has nothing planned for the summer.

• He is not feeling, doesn't eat much, and has a seizure.

• He is upset that Max couldn't come to his birthday dinner because he has to go his father's trial.

When Max says, "It was like I was possessed or something, I've no idea where the things I am saying are coming from, or why."

What does it mean to be possessed by something?

• to be controlled by an outside force

• to dislike something

• to like something

A conflict in this story is that Max thinks he is dumb and unlovable. What type of conflict is this?

• character vs character

• character vs nature

• character vs society

• character vs self

What piece of evidence supports that Max looks like his dad?

• "And Gram right away shushes him and says don't ever say that, because little pictures have big ears, which makes me run to the mirror to see if it is my big ears made me look like him."

• "I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for a while, and that's the truth, the whole truth"

Did Dr. Spivak lie to Kevin about getting a new body?

• yes, she wanted to give him hope

• yes, she lies to all her patients

• no, Kevin made it all up to give himself hope

• no, she never talked to Kevin

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.

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.

What is the main reason Kevin (Freak) and Max become friends?

• They have the same classes at school.

• They both enjoy going on adventures.

• Kevin needs Max's strength, and Max needs Kevin's intelligence.

• They live next door to each other.

What is the significance of the "Freak the Mighty" nickname?

• It's a name given to them by their classmates as a joke.

• It represents the combination of Kevin's intelligence and Max's strength.

• It's a name they dislike but learn to accept.

• It's a title of a book Kevin loves.