Vocab
Moron
Stupid person
What didn’t Max have until Freak moved down the street?
Max did not have a brain until Freak moved down the street.
What does Freak teach Max that no one else has been able to do?
Freak has been showing Max how to read a whole book, and it all makes sense.
What has become a habit for Max and Freak when they go out together?
Freak rides up high on Max’s shoulders and uses his little feet to steer Max if he forgets where they are going.
Killer Kane's method of killing
Strangling
Divulged
Made known; revealed
People say that Max is the “spitting image” of his father. Why is it bad for Max to look like his father?
Everyone in town knows his father is in prison and why
Why does Freak need a new body?
Freak is growing on the inside but not on the outside.
What is pain, according to Freak?
It is just a state of mind.
Killer Kane violated his what?
Parole
Propulsion
Force that sends forward
What has Max always feared about his father?
Max always knew his father would come for him in the night. Then he would wake up to find him there, filling the room, and that would make him feel empty.
How did Freak die?
Dr. Spivak tells Max that Freak’s heart just got too big for his body.
Freak gives Max a blank one and tells him to fill it with their adventures.
What was the object of the treasure hunt
The purse
Corrosive
Capable of destroying slowly by chemical action
What does Max remember as he sees his father strangling Loretta?
He remembers seeing his father killing his mother.
Why is Freak really interested in the knights?
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.
Describe what happens to Freak and Max after the fireworks.
Tony D. and his gang again come after Freak and Max. Because he is up high, Freak can see who is coming after them and where they are. He directs Max, who is running with Freak on his shoulders, by kicking him on the right or left. Freak directs Max into the millpond, where they escape but get stuck in the mud.
Loretta and Iggy live in the New _____
TESTAMENTS
Tracheotomy
Incision in the windpipe made to relieve an obstruction to breathing.
What does Max do after Freak dies? How does Max feel?
Max hides in the down under, which is why he misses the funeral and the Fair Gwen’s going away. Max feels like a balloon and somebody has let all the air out. He doesn’t care if the air comes back because it doesn’t matter if you are going to die in the end.
Max sees Freak for the first time in day care. What does Max think of Freak?
He thinks Freak is fierce, but he thinks Freak’s crutches are cool and the leg braces are even more cool.
How Max feels when he goes to the place in his head.
Like he is floating
_____ is just an invention of the mind.
Remembering