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Freak the Mighty Novel Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why do you think Gram made Max promise not to go to the Testaments?

a)

Gram didn't want Max to learn about his father

b)

Gram thought the people there would teach Max about religion

c)

Gram didn't want Max to meet Iggy

d)

Gram was afraid Max would get hurt or into trouble

2.

What was the effect of Iggy learning that Max was Killer Kane's son?

a)

Iggy took Max and Kevin's money

b)

Iggy let Max and Kevin leave the apartment

c)

Iggy told Max stories about the old times he and Max's father had

d)

Iggy tested Max to see how strong he was

3.

Which word best describes the mood of Chapter 11- The Damsel of Distress?

a)

scary

b)

angry

c)

upsetting

d)

boring

4.

Choose 3 adjectives to describe Loretta Lee.

a)

blurry red lips

b)

boss

c)

scrawny

d)

small hard eyes

5.

Another title for Chapter 13 could be?

a)

Kenny Kane

b)

The Miraculous Achievement of Max

c)

Unlucky Friday the 13

d)

The School Nurse

6.

Which word best describes the mood in the story as Christmas approaches?

a)

relaxing

b)

frightening

c)

relief

7.

What is Kevin's biggest health problem?

a)

Kevin has heart and vision problems

b)

Kevin's enzymes do not work the way they are supposed to

c)

Kevin is growing on the inside but not on the outside

d)

Kevin has a curved spine

8.

How is everyone feeling on Christmas Eve as they eat dinner, tell stories, and open gifts?

a)

angry

b)

upset

c)

nervous

d)

jovial

9.

What made Kevin's gift to Max special?

Select 2 answers.

a)

The gift had special meaning

b)

The gift was homemade

c)

The gift was expensive

d)

The gift came from New York City

10.

Max gave Kevin a swiss army knife as a Christmas present.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Killer Kane claims repeatedly that he was jailed for a crime he did not commit.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Is the word dysfunctional used correctly in the sentence below?

The runners might encounter dysfunctional weather.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What does Killer Kane ask Iggy to bring?

Select 2 answers.

a)

transportation

b)

fake ID's

c)

firearm

d)

food

e)

money

14.

Another title for Chapter 18 could be...

a)

Hiding out

b)

A Visit from Loretta Lee

c)

Scrounging for Food

d)

Confessions of a Killer

15.

Is the word prodigy used correctly in the sentence below?

The company is a prodigy of computer chips.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Is the word prodigy used correctly in the sentence below?

Mozart was a musical prodigy who began composing at the age of 5.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

How do the events of the kidnapping change things for Max?

Select 3 answers

a)

Students in school treat him differently.

b)

Max sleeps upstairs.

c)

Gwen is upset with Max for getting Kevin involved in his troubles.

d)

Max is allowed to go to the hospital to stay with Kevin instead of going to school.

e)

Max feels he must have some of his father's meanness that will come out one day.

18.

Which word best describes the mood at Freak's birthday party?

a)

phony

b)

joyous

c)

surprised

d)

energetic

19.

Who was the person who finally pulled Max out of his feeling sorry for himself mood?

a)

Fair Gwen

b)

Loretta Lee

c)

Killer Kane

d)

Iggy

20.

Did you enjoy the novel Freak the Mighty?

a)

Yes, absolutely.

b)

Meh

c)

It was okay.

d)

I did not like it.

21.

Gwen is raising Freak by herself because Freak's father

a)

is in the military

b)

is in prison

c)

left shortly after Freak was born

d)

took a job in another country

22.

In the weeks following Freak's death, Max describes feeling like

a)

a deflated balloon

b)

a speck of dust

c)

a lost cat

d)

an angry thundercloud

e)

a defeated knight

23.

Which of the following is NOT a major theme in the novel?

a)

the power of friendship

b)

the power of imagination

c)

the importance of living a good life

d)

the importance of being popular

e)

the importance of self worth

24.

Where do Freak & Max find Loretta's purse?

a)

in a sewer grate

b)

at the bottom of the millpond

c)

on the sidewalk

d)

in the woods behind Tony D's house

e)

in a dumpster behind the New Tenements

25.

What object does Freak use to outwit Max's father?

a)

a pocket knife

b)

a squirt gun

c)

a fake explosive device

d)

a BB gun

e)

a can of pepper spray

26.

Max's father plans to make money by

a)

stealing from Iggy & Loretta

b)

ransoming Max for ten thousand dollars

c)

becoming a traveling preacher

d)

becoming a Bible salesman

e)

taking any honest job available to him

27.

How does Max's father get out of prison?

a)

Iggy & Loretta bribe his parole officer

b)

he is proven innocent

c)

he bribed the warden

d)

he escaped

e)

he is paroled

28.

What happens to Killer Kane?

a)

He gets away.

b)

He goes back to prison.

c)

He dies.

d)

He writes a best-selling book and makes millions.

29.
What do the boys have in common?
a)
they both felt like they were different
b)
they are not friends
c)
they go to the same school
d)
they fight alot
30.

Freak dies in the...

(a)  

31.

Freak gives Max a blank one and tells him to fill it with their adventures...

a)

Newspaper

b)

Dictionary

c)

Book

d)

Voice Recorder

32.

Freak taught Max how to do this better.

a)

Sing

b)

Dance

c)

Read

d)

Fight

33.

What is Freak's real name?

a)

Tim

b)

Kevin

c)

John

d)

Tony

34.

A mechanical bird that Freak gets stuck in a tree.

a)

Robin

b)

Cardinal

c)

Ornithopter

d)

Helicopter

35.

What happened to Freak on his birthday?

a)

He got a new ornithopter.

b)

He got a new dictionary.

c)

He had a seizure.

d)

He choked on food.