Show:
The Past
Freak
Freak the Mighty
Max
Other Folks
Conflict
100
Name the location where Max saw 'Freak' for the first time.
What is DAYCARE?
100
Once they become neighbors and friends, Max states that Freak is so smart, that he "talks like a ________".
What is a DICTIONARY?
100
Explain why Max cried after having dinner with Freak.
What is HE FEELS HAPPY KNOWING THAT HE FINALLY HAS A FRIEND?
100
Describe Max's bedroom.
What is THE BASEMENT - IT'S DARK AND HAS A DOOR LEADING OUT TO THE YARD?
100
Max doesn't live with his mother or father, he lives with ______.
What is HIS GRANDPARENTS, GRIM & GRAM?
100

Max and Freak try to get the ornithopter from the scraggly tree

What is "Man vs. Nature"

200
Explain how Freak's and Max's mothers knew each other in the past.
What is THEY WERE NEIGHBORS IN THE TENEMANTS AND WERE FRIENDS UNTIL MAX'S DAD ENDS THEIR RELATIONSHIP?
200
Explain why Freak is so interested in knights.
What is "KNIGHTS WERE LIKE THE FIRST HUMAN VERSION OF ROBOTS"?
200
Freak the Mighty run into ______ on their way to the 4th of July fireworks.
Who is TONY D, aka: THE BLADE?
200
Max is said to be the 'spitting image' of his father. Explain why this is a bad thing for Max.
What is HIS FATHER IS IN PRISON FOR SOME HORRIBLE CRIMES - PEOPLE ASSUME THAT MAX WILL TURN OUT THE SAME WAY HIS FATHER DID JUST BECAUSE HE LOOKS LIKE HIS DAD?
200
Explain how Gwen acts when she first sees her son, Freak, coming out of Max's house.
What is SHE LOOKS SCARED AND QUICKLY PULLS FREAK AWAY?
200
Max continually calls himself "butthead" and doesn't think he himself is very start

Internal Conflict

300
Explain why Freak's father may have left as soon as he was born.
What is HE SAW THAT HIS SON HAD A BIRTH DEFECT AND TOOK OFF?
300
Freak tells Max a secret one day when they're out walking around on a 'quest'. He tells Max that....
What is ONE DAY SOON HE WILL BE ENTERING THE FACILITY TO HAVE SURGERY AND BECOME THE FIRST BIONICALLY IMPROVED HUMAN?
300
Describe the 'quest' that Freak the Mighty goes on in the middle of the night.
What is THEY DRESS IN BLACK (or dirt!) AND GO GET A PURSE OUT OF A STORM DRAIN?
300
Explain how Max is treated differently after supposedly saving Freak.
What is THEY TREAT HIM MORE LIKE AN ADULT, GIVING HIM COFFEE IN THE FANCY TEACUPS AND GIVING HIM ICE CREAM?
300
Describe the type of people who live in The Testaments.
Who are POOR PEOPLE - ADDICTS - CRIMINALS - 'BAD NEWS' PEOPLE?
300

Loretta Lee and Iggy make fun of Max and Freak, calling them the "circus"

What is external conflict - Man vs. Man

400
Explain why Gram and Grim finally decide to sign the papers to let Max be in Freak's classes.
What is MAX HAD ALWAYS BEEN IN LOWER LEVEL CLASSES AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO BE DOING MUCH FOR HIM....SO WHY NOT TRY SOMETHING NEW?!
400
Freak responds with, "_____________", when Max asks if the bionic operation will be dangerous.
What is LIFE IS DANGEROUS?
400
Max likes having Freak ride on his shoulder because he ______________.
What is LIKES HAVING A SMART BRAIN ON HIS SHOULDERS?
400
Explain how Max feels when he goes to 'the place in his head'.
What is IT'S COOL AND DIM AND HE FEELS LIKE A CLOUD FLOATING?
400
State what Max knows about Iggy Lee.
What is HE IS THE LEADER OF A BAD NEWS MOTORCYCLE GANG CALLED 'THE PANHEADS'?
400

Max doesn't like hugs from all people at daycare. Other kids call him "maxi pad" and "mad max". 

What is External Conflict - "man vs society"

500
In your own words, explain Freak's version of the Arthurian Legend of King Arthur.
What is THERE WAS A MAGIC SWORD STUCK IN A STONE - THE OLD KING HAD DIED - WHOEVER WAS ABLE TO PULL THE SWORD OUT OF THE STONE GOT TO BE THE NEXT KING - BIG TOUGH GUYS COULD NOT GET THE SWORD OUT - ARTHUR WAS A WIMPY KID BUT WAS ABLE TO GET THE SWORD OUT - HE GOT TO BE KING?
500
Using some of Max's observations, describe what Freak looks like on the day when Freak moves into the neighborhood.
What is HE'S A 'CRIPPLED-UP YELLOW-HAIRED MIDGET KID STRUTTING AROUND THE SIDEWALK'; NORMAL-SIZED HEAD BUT THE REST OF HIM IS SHORTER THAN A YARDSTICK AND KIND OF TWISTED - HE'S WAVING HIS CRUTCHES AROUND AT THE MOVERS?
500
Freak the Mighty land in the principal's office on the very first day. Explain what led to this.
What is THE OTHER STUDENTS STARTED COMMENTING/LAUGHING AT F.T.M. - FREAK GOT ON TOP OF MAX'S SHOULDERS AND THEY MARCHED AROUND THE CLASSROOM - THE OTHER STUDENTS CHANTED THEIR NAME - THE TEACHER WAS TERRIFIED!
500
Gram's advice to Max about dealing with bad guys like Tony D is to _________.
What is JUST RUN AWAY?
500
Describe what Loretta Lee looks like and how she acts.
What is SHE IS SCRAWNY WITH YELLOW HAIR, WEARING A RATTY OLD BATHROBE, SMEARED RED LIPSTICK, HARD EYES - SHE SMOKES CIGARETTES AND SEEMS AFRAID OF IGGY?
500

There is a constant fear of Max: 

Grim and Gram say he's the "spitting image of him"
Fair Gwen grows afraid because of Max's size and resemblance to his father. 

What is External Conflict? Man vs. Society / Group