Vocabulary
to give evidence in a trial
testify
"So I wrote the unvanquished truth stuff down and then kept going, for months and months, until it was spring again..."
Maxwell
What was the treasure in the storm drain?
Loretta's purse
Who ended up being 'good' in the story that we didn't expect once they were introduced
Loretta Lee and Iggy Lee
gloomy
godforsaken
"Get some rocks, it's target practice time!"
Tony D
Who is telling the story?
Max
Who is Mrs. Donelli?
English teacher
a tiny bit
"I bet they haven’t even missed you. Kept you down in that cellar like an animal, how would they know?"
Kenny Kane
What type of people live in the Testaments?
What is theme?
the message the author wants you to take away/learn from the story
tiny, weak
puny
"I don’t think it was a lie, Maxwell, do you? I think he needed something to hope for and so he invented this rather remarkable fantasy you describe. Everybody needs something to hope for."
Dr. Spivak
People say Max is the “spitting image” of his father. Why is it bad for Max to look like his father?
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twisting and squeezing
wringing
"Maxwell, please forget about it okay? Forget I said it. You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do, okay? And I’ll make sure of that, I promise. I swear on my honor, he can’t make you do anything you don’t want to do. I’m going to make that very clear to the parole board and to his lawyer.”
Mrs. Addison
What does Killer Kane want Max to know when he wakes up at night in the old lady's apartment
He wants Max to know he never killed anybody, and he sent Max presents from prison.
Who said it: "Yeah. Right after you was born. He must be a magician, because as soon as he heard the magic words "birth defect," he disappeared."
Loretta Lee