Just Because
What point of view is Freak the Mighty told from?
First Person (Max)
There are four main types of conflict. What are they?
character vs. character
Character vs. Self
Character vs. Nature
Character vs. Society
“Sure it will hurt. But so what? Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of anything, even pain.”
Kevin
“Things will make a lot more sense when you finish growin up, Maxwell. Now sleep tight and don’t let the bedbugs bite.”
Gram
What type of figurative language is this?
“That’s how he talked, like right out of a dictionary.”
Simile
What happened to Fair Gwen after Kevin died?
She moved to California and got a new boyfriend.
The kids make fun of Max and Kevin when they come to school on the first day. What type of conflict is it?
Character vs. character
“I don’t know what they told you. It’s all a big lie, understand? I never killed anybody, and that’s the truth, so help me God.”
No one stays like they are. Everybody is always changing.”
Kevin
What type of figurative language is this?
“I was moving fast and the sun was chasing my heels…”
Personification
What is the book Max wrote after Kevin died?
Freak the Mighty
Max thinks he is dumb and lacks self-confidence. What type of conflict is it?
Character vs. Self
Writing down words is a whole different story. It is not like talking, and my hands feel so huge and clumsy, it’s like the pencil is a piece of spaghetti or something.”
Max
″‘The young man is a genius,’ ‘And I don’t use that word lightly.‘”
Grim
What type of figurative language is this:
"Kevin was a robot with his metal leg braces".
Metaphor
How did Max react in the hospital when he learned what happened to Kevin?
When Max and Kevin are wrestling with the sewage drain lid to try to get Loretta's purse, what kind of conflict is it?
Character vs. Nature
“I have an obligation. A man has to protect his family.”
Grim
"She's okay, Kenny, you got my word."
Iggy Lee
What type of figurative language is this:
..."for a long time I was like a balloon and somebody let the air out of me. I didn't ever care if I got the air back....
Simile
What happened to Max after he went crazy in the hospital?
The police put handcuffs on him and said they should medicate (sedate) him.
When Max and Kevin are made fun of by a group of their classmates, what kind of conflict is it?
Character vs. Society
“It ain’t right keeping your own kid tied up. He ain’t the man I thought I remembered.”
Loretta Lee
“I don’t think it was a lie, Maxwell, do you? I think he needed something to hope for and so he invented this rather remarkable fantasy you describe. Everybody needs something to hope for. Don’t call it a lie."
Dr. Spivak
To abduct means which of the following?
-to take someone away illegally by force
-in a hurried and chaotic way
-solemn promise
-most favorable
-to take someone away illegally by force