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Freak the Mighty Ch. 1-5

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the narrator of the story?

a)

Max

b)

Kevin

c)

Gwen

d)

Kenny Kane

2.

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

a)

Max thinks Freak is a sad little kid.

b)

Max thinks Freak is fierce; he thinks his crutches are cool.

c)

Max thinks Freak is bossy.

d)

Max thinks Freak is trying to impress other kids.

3.
Why is Grim concerned about Maxwell (chapter 1-4)?
a)
Max looks like his father and is afraid Max will inherit his father's character.
b)
Maxwell can not read and does not perform well in school. 
c)
Max spends too much time in the basement by himself.
d)
Maxwell does not have any friends to play with. 
4.

What does Max retrieve from the tree for Freak?

a)

ornithopter

b)

football

c)

flag

d)

kite

5.
Why is Freak really interested in the knights?
a)
believes the knights were the bravest men to have ever lived
b)
believed the knights were the first version of human robots
c)
he wants to start a club called "Freak's Knights of the Round Table"
d)
He thinks everyone should be loyal like the knights
6.
What is Gwen's first reaction when seeing Max?
a)
She is happy to see him.
b)
She tells Freak to never play with Max.
c)
She seems scared of Max.
d)
She is surprised.
7.
What was Gwen's relationship with Max's mother?
a)
Max's mother and Gwen were sisters.
b)
Max's mother and Gwen were enemies in high school. 
c)
Max's mother and Gwen were friends before she got married.
d)
Gwen never knew Max's mom.
8.

______ are some of the traits that describe Kevin.

a)

lives "down under," size of a kindergartner, overprotective mom

b)

becomes Max's neighbor, likes aliens and space, growing a lot

c)

very smart, tall for his age and a great athlete

d)

uses big words, likes robots and has an imagination

9.

What does this quote mean? "He didn't look so different back then, we were all of us pretty small right?"

a)

Gwen is changing her mind about Max

b)

Max's grandparents become trusting of him

c)

It describes Freak and hints that he is different

d)

Max is afraid to open up about himself

10.

Max lives with______.

a)

Freak

b)

his father

c)

his mother Gwen

d)

Grim and Gram

11.

______are some of the traits that describe Max.

a)

has big ears and feet, lives with his dad, mother is dead

b)

growing a lot, crippled, father is in jail

c)

very tall, friendless, in an LD class

d)

worried he looks like his dad, is in an LD class, lives with the Fair Gwen-Of-Air

12.

What story does Kevin tell Max

a)

Snow White

b)

The Three Musketeers

c)

Tarzan

d)

The Legends of King Arthur

13.
At the end of Chapter 3 (American Flyer), where does Max take Kevin?
a)
To the fireworks
b)
To the down under
c)
To the school
d)
To the hospital
14.
What was the American Flyer in chapter 3?
a)
Bike
b)
Ornithopter
c)
Wagon
d)
Skateboard
15.
People say that Max is the “spitting image” of his father. Why is it bad for Max to look like his father?
a)
His father is scary-looking
b)
Everyone in town knows his father is in prison and why
c)
People always stare at him.
d)
His father’s picture is on a “wanted” poster.
16.

What is an ornithopter?

a)

an insect

b)

a mechanical bird

c)

a helicopter

d)

a dessert

17.
What observation does Max make of how Freak talks?
a)
He talks like King Arthur
b)
He talks like a robot
c)
He talks like he is better than Max
d)
He talks like he is a dictionary
18.
Where is Maxwell's room located?
a)
In the attic.
b)
Out by the pool.
c)
Down in a basement.
d)
Down a hallway.
19.
Why was Gwen frightened of Max?
a)
Max is huge and a stranger
b)
Because he is screaming at her
c)
Gwen is frightened of everything.
d)
She isn't.
20.
Whom does Max live with?
a)
His mother.
b)
His grandparents.
c)
His uncle.
d)
Loretta and Max.
21.
Where doe Max go to "get away?"
a)
Shed out back of Grim's house
b)
under his bed in the dark
c)
hide in the closet
d)
on a beach by the pond
22.
What does Freak or Kevin say to Max a lot.
a)
"You can remember everything whether it happened or not".
b)
"I talk like a dictionary".
c)
"Ornithopters are just like helicopters".
d)
"Slay the dragons".