Chapters 1-8
This is the narrator of "Freak the Mighty"
What is Max?
This is where Freak and Max actually go on their quests
What is "they walk around town, but in their imagination, they are on great adventures"?
This is how Kevin helps Max in school
What is...
Helps him learn to read
Gets him into general education classes
Gives him a friend to rely on
etc.
This means giving loyalty to someone, often a king
(Hombre, Grotty, or Fealty)
What is "Fealty"?
Name four of our class jobs
What is...
Folder Hander
Book Giver
Score Keeper
Time Keeper
Ticket Collector
Expectation Reader
Substitute
On Bat
This is the nickname for Kevin's mom
What is the "Fair Gwen of Air"?
This is what Freak and Max find in the sewer during an early morning quest
What is "Loretta's purse"?
This is why Max's father is called "Preacher Kane"
What is "he became religious in prison and at least acts like he is turning a new leaf"
This means to have muscle spasms
(Spastic, Fiend, or swiftly)
What is "spastic"?
This type of context clue uses words with similar meaning
(Think of "S" in IDEAS)
What is "Synonym"?
The book takes place during the summer before this grade
What is 8th grade?
Describe the "New Testaments"
What is...
Where Iggy and Lorette leave
Run-down houses
Etc.
This is how Killer Kane feels the town treated him
What is...
they poisoned Max against him[
they thought the worst of him
they bullied him when he was in school, making cruel nicknames
This means extreme greed
(Fiend, Avarice, or Sobriquet)
What is "Avarice"?
C-SPACE in "POW+C-SPACE" stands for...
What is "Characters, Setting, Purpose, Action, Conclusion, Ending"?
This is the person Grim and Gram originally worried Max would turn out to be like
Who is Max's father?
This is why Max is switched to regular classes from lower level classes
What is..
So Freak has someone to help him from class to class
Teachers hope being with a friend may be the push Max needs to improve
This is why chapter 15 is titled "What came down chimney"
What is "his dad kidnapped him and it is a play on words for Santa coming down the Chimney on Christmas Eve"
What is a measure taken in order to prevent something from happening?
(Kin, Truss, and Precaution)
What is "precaution"?
This type of context clue does not tell you the meaning, so you must use text clues
(Think of "I" in IDEAS)
What is "Inference"?
This is why the Fourth of July is so significant to Max (Multiple answers)
What is....
Max and Freak banned together to survive Tony D. and his gang. It was the first time they were really "Freak the Mighty"
It is the first time Max has been allowed to go to the fireworks without Gram and Grim
Max is given his first cup of coffee after saving Freak (even though he feels Freak saved him) and it feels like Grim and Gram finally notice him for who he is
This is what happens to Freak when he eats his Chopped Suey too fast
What is "He chokes and must go to the hospital"?
This is what goes wrong on Friday the 13th
(Note there are several things that go wrong, list at least one)
What is...
Mrs. Donelli calls on Max to answer a question
Max gets called to the principal's office alone
Max learns his Dad is up for parole
Freak chokes on Chop Suey
This is the opposite of staying busy
(Opiate, Vegetating, Avarice)
What is "vegetating"?
This type of text informs us about a topic and is nonfiction
What is "informational text"?