Names & NickNames
What are the nicknames for Max's grandparents?
Gram and Grim.
What is the mechanical bird that Kevin plays with called?
An ornithopter
When does Max put Kevin on his shoulders for the first time? Why does he do it?
Fourth of July because Kevin was too small to see the fireworks.
Where did Freak and Max first meet?
daycare.
When Max doesn't know a word, what does Kevin make him do?
look it up in the dictionary.
What is the the name of Max's bedroom?
the down under.
What does Kevin receive for his birthday? Why?
a computer because he needs it to help him with his homework in case he has to stay home.
When does Killer Kane come for Maxwell?
on Christmas Eve.
What important "fortress" does Freak the Mighty go to see? Why?
a Medical Research Building. To talk to Max about how he will be the first bionically improved human.
What character said," It's a big lie, you understand? I never killed anybody, and that's the truth, so help me God?"
Kenny "Killer" Kane.
Whose name is a reference to a character from The Legends of King Arthur?
(Fair Gwen)
What does Kevin use to try to debilitate Killer Kane when he rescues Max?
a squirt gun with spices.
Where do Killer Kane and Max hide on Christmas morning?
boarded-up testament building
Who gives Max a piece of advice that leads him to begin writing about the adventures of Freak the Mighty?
Loretta Lee
Who said, "The treasure is hidden in a storm drain. This has been confirmed by visual observation." What is this treasure?
Freak, Loretta's purse.
What nickname is Max given in daycare? Why?
kicker because he didn't want anyone's hugs and affection.
After dinner with Kevin and Fair Gwen, Max goes home and does what?
he goes into his room and cries.
What does Max remember on Christmas morning?
When he saw his father kill his mother.
What did Killer Kane do to show that he did not trust Max?
he tied him up.
What does Kevin mean when he says, "Television is the opiate of the masses?"
It means TV is a drug and stops people from thinking for themselves.
What does the idiom "Spitting image of your old man" mean?
Max and his father have the same physical characteristics.
What is happening to Freak's body?
His insides are growing faster than the outside. This is called Morquios Syndrome.
What does Kevin give Max on Christmas Eve? What does Max give Gram? What does Gram give Gwen?
a dictionary...a shell bracelet..a red scarf.
What two events made Friday the thirteenth so bad?
1. Freak choked on chop suey and 2. Max found out his dad was being released on parole.
What character says, "I think he needed something to hope for and so he invented this rather remarkable fantasy you describe. Everyone needs something to hope for. Don't call it a lie. Kevin wasn't a liar."?
Dr. Spivak