I knew what a rotten lie that hug stuff was. That’s when I got my first look at Freak, that year of the phony hugs.” Phony means...
Fake
100
"I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for awhile..."
Who is Max
100
Freak and Max are in kindergarten together. Kevin calls himself "robot boy" and Max is referred to as "kicker."
What is the exposition
100
..."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....
What is simile
200
Smokes cigarrettes, lives in New Testaments, "damsel that causes distress"
Who is Loretta Lee
200
“(Max’s) not running away,” Grim says. “He’s taking evasive action. Avoiding a confrontation.” Evasive means
escaping, getting around
200
"Everybody is always changing. Problem is I'm growing on the inside but not on the outside."
Who is Freak or Kevin
200
Kevin moves down the street from Max. Max has a learning disability and Kevin has a physical disability.
What is the exposition
200
I was moving fast and the sun was chasing my heels..
What is personification
300
Neither have a father in the picture, both have a disability, neither have lots of friends
Who are Max and Freak
300
Can we stop for a Coke” I say. Freak goes “Then that shall be your reward, faithful steed- tinted sucrose and bubbles of air.” Sucrose means
Sugar
300
"A great injustice was done to me, boy. What those people did, they stole my life. They'd blame me for all the wrongs in the world, those people."
Who is Kenny Kane, or Killer Kane
300
Max talks to Loretta, and she says "Nothing is a drag kid, think about it." Max decides to write the story of Freak the Mighty.
What is the resolution
300
What came down the chimney.
What is irony and allusion
400
They look alike and that is the only thing they have in common. They are not similar. One is selfless and caring; the other is a mean, selfish fraud.
Who are Max and Killer Kane
400
“No tobacco,” Freak says. “Nicotine is a toxic was of time.” Toxic means
poisonous
400
"My, my. Will you look at this? It's like I'm looking at an old picture of myself. You really are a chip off the old block, you know that?"
Who is Killer Kane
400
Max shows up at the hospital and learns that Kevin has died. Max gets extremely upset.
What is the climax, maybe
400
When we get to the New Testaments….”It’s this big, falling-apart place with a bunch of apartments, and it looks sad.”
What is personifcation
500
Kevin is similar to these because he has leg braces that "protect" him.
What are knights
500
Everybody keeps saying that this time they've got Killer Kane where they want him, in violation of parole, in violation of a restraining order...." What is violation?
To break
500
"I don't think it was a lie, 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."
Who is Dr. Spivak
500
Killer Kane breaks into the house and kidnaps Max.
What is rising action
500
“If you gave Gram an old beer can she would say it was just what she wanted.”