Comprehension A
Comprehension B
Comprehension C
Comprehension D
Comprehension E
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Why might Gram and Grim have told Max’s father that Max is “dysfunctional”? (Chapter 17)
Gram and Grim might have thought that Killer Kane would lose interest in finding his son if he knew that Max was learning disabled.
100
How does Max distract his father from choking Loretta? (Chapter 20)
Max gets his father’s attention by claiming repeatedly that he witnessed his mother’s murder.
100
How does Max know his father doesn’t trust him?
Killer Kane ties up Max, then attaches the free end of the rope to himself while he is sleeping
100
Who tells Killer Kane that the police are searching for Max?
Iggy
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How does Max distract his father from attacking Loretta?
He claims he saw his father kill his mother
200
What evidence does Killer Kane provide his son to prove he is innocent of killing Max’s mother? (Chapter 17)
He cries and swears on the Bible.
200
How does Freak rescue Max? (Chapter 20)
Freak confronts Killer Kane with a squirt gun he claims is filled with sulfuric acid.
200
Killer Kane learns that _____ was at least partially to blame for sending him to prison. (Chapter 20)
Max
200
What does Killer Kane request that Iggy get for him?
A firearm and a means of transportation
200
How does Freak the Mighty escape Killer Kane?
Freak arrives and shoots “sulfuric acid” into Killer Kane’s eyes, and Max gets himself and Freak out of the building.
300
What are some of the ways we know “The Reverend Kenneth David Kane” is NOT a religious man? (Chapter 18)
• He ties up Max to prevent him from escaping. • He plans to trick people out of their money. • While in prison, he determined that people will donate to a “man of God” [p. 118], especially a reformed convict. • He plans to use his newfound religious knowledge, as well as his son, to make enough money so he and Max can “live like kings.” • He attempts to murder Loretta and Max.
300
What is in the liquid Freak shoots into Killer Kane’s eyes? (Chapter 20)
Soap, vinegar, and curry powder
300
How does Killer Kane try to prove he didn’t kill Max’s mother?
He swears on a Bible
300
How does Loretta attempt to help Max?
She tries to untie the ropes that bind him
300
Why didn’t Max have to testify (appear in court to provide evidence as an eyewitness) against his father?
Children cannot be forced to testify against their parents
400
How does Iggy behave differently around Killer Kane? (Chapter 18)
Iggy seems weak and does whatever Kenny asks.
400
Where do Max and his father stay on Christmas Eve?
In an elderly woman’s apartment at the New Testaments
400
What food does Loretta bring Max and his father on Christmas Day?
Pizza
400
What does Killer Kane do when he discovers Loretta helping Max?
He begins strangling her
400
What was the real reason Gwen got her son a computer for his birthday?
Freak might have to take his classes at home.
500
Why does Killer Kane keep referring to Max’s room in Grim and Gram’s basement negatively? (Chapter 19)
Killer Kane is trying to make Gram and Grim seem cruel or as if they were hiding Max. He hopes to turn Max against his grandparents and encourage Max to depend only on him.
500
What are some possible reasons Loretta attempts to rescue Max? (Chapter 19)
• She disapproves of how terribly Max’s father is treating him. • She realizes that Max’s father is not the person she used to know. • She is afraid of what the police will do if she does not set Max free.
500
Whom does Killer Kane blame for the “great injustice” he believes was done to him?
Max’s grandparents and the police
500
How does Killer Kane plan to make money, now that he is out of prison?
He plans to preach about religion and Max will collect people’s donations
500
What is the meaning of the saying “you can’t always judge a book by the cover” (p. 136)?
The saying means that you cannot always judge people or things by their external appearance.
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