ch 11-12
ch 13-14
ch 15-16
ch 17-18
Ch 19-20
100

Who do Iggy and Loretta know from Max’s family?

A) His dad

B)  Grim

C) Gram

D) His mom

A) His Dad

100

How have Max’s reading skills been improving?

A) He listens to an audiobook

B) Kevin helps him read

C) Gram tutors him

D) His new teacher helps him 

B) Kevin helps him read

100

Who visited Max at the end of chapter 15?

A) Max’s dad

B) Kevin’s  dad

C) Max’s uncle

D) Max’s aunt

  • Max’s dad

100

Why was Max's dad in jail?

A) He killed Max's younger brother

B) He killed Max's mom

C) He killed Kevin's dad

D) He killed his parents

B) He killed Max's mom

100

How old was Max when he witnessed his father murder his mother?

4 years old

200

What has changed about Max’s school life?

A) He is now in middle school

B) He is in the smart class

C) He is now popular

D) He in now being homeschooled

B) He is in the smart class

200

What news does Mrs. Addison tell Max?

A) Gram is sick

B) Kevin is in the hospital

C) Grim was in an accident

D) His father is up for patrol

D) His father is up for patrol

200

What gift did Kevin give Max?

A) A handmade dictionary

B) A toy bird

C) A book about King Arthur

D) A computer

A) A handmade dictionary

200

Why can't Max just run away from his dad?

His father tied him up

200

What is the point of the repetition "no one can stop him, no one, no one"?

A. To emphasize Max’s excitement
B. To emphasize Max’s fear
C. To emphasize Max’s confidence
D. To emphasize Max’s confusion

B. To emphasize Max’s fear

300

How many years in prison was Max's dad originally sentenced for?

25 years/ life sentence

300

What did Max promise Grim before Christmas break? 

A) To stay in the house    

B) To take care of Kevin

C) To read more

D) To understand why Gram is overprotective

A) To stay in the house    

300

Where do Max and his dad go for help?

A) Kevin's dad

B) Iggy

C) Grim

D) Kevin's mom

B) Iggy

300

What items did Kane demand Iggy to get? THERE ARE MULTIPLE ANSWERS

A) Money

B) Transportation

C) Gun

D) A disguise

B, C

300

Based on Kenny Kane's history, the reader could predict that if Kevin had not helped Max, Kenny Kane would have --

A) shot Grim

B) stolen Loretta's purse

C) surrendered to the police

D) killed Max

D) killed Max

400

Which one best describes the New Testaments?

A) a run down town with broken toys all over the ground

B) A rich town full of expensive cars and apartments

C) A middle class suburban town filled with houses that look similar to each other

D)A town that has only has religious people in it

A) a run down town with broken toys all over the ground

400

Why does Freak want a new body?

A) to be like the Terminator

B) His insides are growing but he is not

C) to be able to become a knight

D) to become more normal

B) His insides are growing but he is not

400

Which evidence best shows that Max is in shock?

A) I still can’t see his face, he’s this huge shape in the room.

B) he’s making me put on my clothes and the weird thing is, none of this is a surprise. Somehow I always knew this would happen, that he would come for me,

C) I can tell how cold the air is, but I can’t feel it, even without a jacket, which I didn’t have time to put on.

C) I can tell how cold the air is, but I can’t feel it, even without a jacket, which I didn’t have time to put on.

400

What reasons does Kane give to explain his innocence? THERE ARE MULTIPLE REASONS

A) His in-laws hated him

B) He wasn't at the crime scene

C) The cops judged him by his appearance

D) He hates the sight of blood

E) He is too sensitive/emotional to commit murder

F) He loved his wife

A,C, E

400

Why did Loretta Lee try to help Max?

A) She wanted the reward money that was offered to catch Kenny

B) She thought was wrong to treat his child that way

C) She did not want Max to tell the police of her involvement

D) She had been a good friend of Max's mother

B) She thought was wrong to treat his child that way

500

Why does Max feel differently when the class was chanting the first time vs the 2nd time?

A) The first time they were cheering for Max and the second time they were cheering for Kevin

B) The first time they were bullying Max and the second time they were bullying Kevin

C) The first time they were bullying Max and the second time they were cheering for him and Kevin

D) The first time there were cheering for Kevin and Max and the second time they were bullying them

C) The first time they were bullying Max and the second time they were cheering for him and Kevin

500

Which evidence best supports that Max is kind?

A) “You’ve had quite a day, haven’t you?” she says, walking me back into the school. “It’s not me who had quite a day,” I say. “Kevin is the one. All he did was try and eat his lunch.”

B) I don’t know what to do so I start hopping up and down in one place, and when the kids keep crowding around I push them back,

C) I do worry about it though, because if she’s crying, I must have hit her and I don’t remember it. Which, if you think about it, is really scary.

A) “You’ve had quite a day, haven’t you?” she says, walking me back into the school. “It’s not me who had quite a day,” I say. “Kevin is the one. All he did was try and eat his lunch.”

500

Which evidence best shows that Max's dad is emotionally and verbally abusive?

A) “This’ll be an adventure,” he says. “You’re going to have the time of your life, boy. Okay, we’re leaving, and not a peep out of you.”

B) “No, sir,” I say. “It sure isn’t.” He touches me real soft on the back of the neck and says, “I didn’t ask you a question, boy. Rule number one, don’t sass your old man.”

C) “So this is where the geezers stuck you, huh?” he whispers. “Down in the basement, out of sight, out of mind?”

B) “No, sir,” I say. “It sure isn’t.” He touches me real soft on the back of the neck and says, “I didn’t ask you a question, boy. Rule number one, don’t sass your old man.”

500

Which evidence best supports that Max's dad is egotistical?

A) “You’re looking at it, boy. I am the light, and don’t you ever forget it.”

B) I learned how to preach the word to a lot of illiterate convicts, but they were no more ignorant that a lot of other folk. No, sir. We’re going to do just fine.”

C) The pizza box is sitting there on the table, but my father says we can’t eat anything touched by her dirty hands,

A) “You’re looking at it, boy. I am the light, and don’t you ever forget it.”

500

Kane keeps saying that Max's grandparents don't love him. Why would he do this?

This is a good example of being emotionally manipulative. He is trying to make Max feel alone and not rely on anyone for help except him

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