WorksheetsFreak the Mighty Chapters 1-9
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 5hrs 30mins
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.
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.
Identify Him.
Tony D
Max’s father
Grim
Kevin’s father
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.
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.
The second time Max sees Freak, he is giving orders to the moving men. Describe how Freak looks when Max sees him.
He is regular height but 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.
He has long legs and arms but a short torso.
Why is Freak really interested in the knights?
He believes the knights were the strange and he wants to be known as strange.
He believes the knights were like the first human version of robots.
He wants to start a club, Freak's Knights of the Round Table.
He thinks everyone should be strong like the knights.
What is the difference between Freak's outlook on life as compared to the way Max sees things?
Freak believes that people should stay to themselves and mind their own business.
Max is very positive and tries to encourage Freak to walk without crutches.
Freak seems pretty positive and imaginative, while Max often doubts himself.
They both have the same outlook on life.
What are the similarities between Max and Freak? Pick three answers.
Both boys are in LD class
Both are boys
Both have a disability
They both live in the same neighborhood
What does it mean when Gram says, "don't ever say that, because little pictures have big ears..."?
Max has giant elephant ears.
She's afraid Max might overhear the conversation.
Gram thinks Max should draw a picture with big ears.
Gram doesn't like talking very much.
1. Kevin's behavior sometimes feels like he is very bossy. What word can you use to replace the word underline that will give the sentence the same meaning.
Quest
demeanor
friendship
At the end of chapter 5, why does Max lay down and cry after having dinner at Kenins?
He was hurt about Gwen's wrong first impression
He had eaten too much
He was so extremely happy
He was sad that he had no parents
In chapter 5, Gwen called to apologize and invite Max to dinner because...
She thought Max wanted to hurt Kevin
Kevin was sorry and wanted a friend
Grim and Gram were fighting
She had called him names
In Chapter 8: What is a word that could describe how Grim and Gram feel about Max when they offer him ice cream a towel, and coffee?__________ After what happened at Millpond, they begin to see that Max is a good boy.
Proud
disappointed
anger
Why did Grim give Max coffee?
Max had a big test coming up and he wanted him to stay awake and study.
It was something Max wanted to do for a very long time and he had extra coffee.
He was proud of his behavior and wanted to show him he thought he was growing up.
Because coffee is magical bean water, bro.
People say that Max is the “spitting image” of his father. Why is it bad for Max to look like his father?
His father is scary-looking.
Everyone in town knows his father is in prison and why.
People always stare at him.
His father’s picture is on a “wanted” poster.
