Chapter 1
What didn't Max have until Freak moved down the street?
What is a brain?
What action shows that Kevin is resourceful? A. when his ornithopter gets stuck, he gets a wagon to help him reach it. B. He gets hopping mad. C. He pretends to jump.
A. When his ornithopter gets stuck, he gets a wagon to help him reach it
What does Freak do and say when Max asks him why he calls his mother “Fair Gwen of Air”?
What is Freak shakes his head and tells Max his mother’s name is Gwen, so he calls her the Fair Guinevere or the Fair Gwen after Guinevere, from the legend of King Arthur.
Describe how Max feels when he goes to the place in his head, underneath his bed (after Gwen came over to get Kevin, and was so scared of Max)?
What is: He is floating, it’s cool and empty. He feels like nothing, like nobody, like nothing matters.
The second time Max sees Freak, he is giving orders to the moving men. Describe how Freak looks when Max sees him.
What is “. . . he’s got a normal-sized head, but the rest of him is shorter than a yardstick and kind of twisted in a way that means he can’t stand up and makes his chest puff out . . . .”
Why was Max afraid of Kevin at the beginning of Chapter 3? A. Kevin was a lot bigger B. He was afraid of Kevin's disability C. Kevin seems strange and confusing to Max, and his eyes are so intense
C. Kevin seems strange and confusing to Max and his eyes are so intense
What is the only way that Max has heard about King Arthur?
What is King Arthur is a brand of flour Gram uses.
What was Gwen’s relationship with Max’s mother?
What is: Max’s mother and Gwen were good friends before she got married, and a little after Max and Kevin were born.
What does Max retrieve from the tree for Freak?
What is It is a plastic bird, light as a feather. Freak calls the plastic bird an ornithopter.
“King Arthur was the first king of England, way back when there were still dragons and monsters in the world. Arthur was this wimpy little kid, an orphan, and there was this magic sword stuck in a big stone. The old king died, and whoever could pull the sword from the stone proved he was the next king. All these big tough dudes came from all over to yank at the sword and they couldn’t budge it. One day this wimpy little kid tried it when nobody was looking and the sword slipped out like it was stuck in butter.”
What is Freak’s version of the Arthurian Legend, or the Legend of King Arthur?
Why is Grim concerned about who Maxwell is growing up to look like?
What is he is concerned that Max looks like his father and will inherit his father's character.
What observation does Max make about how Freak talks?
What is Max says Freak talks “. . . like right out of a dictionary. So smart you can hardly believe it.”
What is an ornithopter from chapter three in Freak the Mighty? A. a kite B. a helicopter C. a mechanical bird D. an origami bird
What is C. a mechanical bird
Why is Freak really interested in the knights?
What is: He believes the knights were like the first human version of robots. Hundreds of years before they had computers they were already attempting to exceed the design limitations of the human body. And they went on difficult quests.
People say that Max is the “spitting image” of his father. Why is it bad for Max to look like his father?
What is: Everyone in town knows about his father, and that he is in prison, and why he is there. People feel that Max may be like his father, too.
Describe the down under and tell why Max likes it so much.
What is the down under is a little room that Grim built for Max in the basement. The paneling buckles in a regular rippling patter and the carpet smells like low tide. Max likes it because he has the place to himself and Gram can't stick her head in to see what he is up to all the time.
What does Freak do and say when Max asks him why he calls his mother “Fair Gwen of Air”?
What is Max notices that Freak tries not to show he is laughing inside. Freak shakes his head and tells Max his mother’s name is Gwen, so he calls her the Fair Guinevere or the Fair Gwen after Guinevere, from the legend of King Arthur.
Where is Max taking Kevin at the end of the chapter and how is he getting him there?
What is to see the down under and pulling him in the red flyer wagon.
What does Freak tell Max about robots?
What is Robots are not just in the movies. Robotics, the science of designing and building functional robots, is a huge industry. There ar millions of them in use.
Why does Max cry like a baby when he goes to bed after having dinner with Freak and Gwen?
What is: Max cries because he is happy. He's probably happy because he had a great time visiting and laughing with Kevin and his mom.