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Freak

The

Mighty

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Guide

LITERARY TERMSLITERARY TERMSLITERARY TERMSLITERARY TERMS

Term Definition Example

alliteration

allusion

antagonist

characters^ dynamic

flat characters

flashback

foreshadowing

hyperbole

imagery

irony

metaphor

Freak the MightyFreak the MightyFreak the MightyFreak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick PRE-Reading Activity

Title:

Author:

Read the title and look at thepicture. Read the names of

some of the chapters. What doyou predict the novel will be

about?

What is found at the end of thebook? Why do you think it was

included?

Explain what you think ofwhen you scan the book. Does

it remind you of another bookyou have read?

CHARACTERSCHARACTERSCHARACTERSCHARACTERS CHARACTER NICKNAME & ROLE TRAITS

Max

Kevin

Grim

Gram

Gwen

Chapter 1

1. Who is narrating the story? In what point of view is the story told?
2. character descriptions page. List FIVE points about how the author describes himself. Add these traits to the
3. Who does the narrator live with? Explain how they feel about him.
4. What is Grim’s opinion of the narrator’s father? Give PROOF—quote from the story.
5. When did Kevin and Max first meet?
6. Describe little Freak. Add these traits to the character descriptions page.
7. How old is Max at the end of Chapter 1? Explain what is happening to him.

Chapter 2

1. Describe the “down under.” Does Max like the “down under”?
2. When does the story take place? (setting)
3. the character descriptions page. Who are the new neighbors? Describe them (Make FIVE points). Add these traits to
4. Describe the meeting between Max and Kevin.

Chapter 3

1. Max says Kevin “scared” him. Explain what he meant.
2. Why is Max waving his crutch at the tree?

Chapter 4

1. Where does Chapter 4 take place? (setting)
2. What is Kevin’s reaction to the “down under”?
3. Why does Freak call his mom ‘Fair Gwen of Air’?
4. What does Freak compare the knights to and why?
5. What makes Freak so upset his “eyes blaze”?
6. Explain Freak’s opinion of television. Do you agree or disagree with Freak? Why?
7. Does Max like to read? Why or why not?
8. Why does Max think that the Fair Gwen ran away with Freak?

Chapter 5

1. What are the two settings for this chapter?
2. Why does Max go under his bed?
3. How does Max react to Gram referring to Kevin (Freak) as a “poor boy”?
4. Why wasn’t Max excited to have dinner at Freak’s house?

5.your old man.” What else does she says about Max’s father (either in your own words or inquotes)? Freak explains to Max that his mother is nervous because Max is the “spitting image of

6.what do you think Max’s father might be in jail for? Because of what Gwen says and the conversation between Grim and Gram in Chapter 1, Give PROOF—quote from the story.

7. How does Max know that Gwen is no longer nervous or scared of him?

Chapter 7

1. When Kevin is on Max’s shoulders, what does he see?
2. How does Freak steer Max? Why is Max running?
3. How do Freak and Max escape danger?
4. Who helps Freak and Max? How?
5. What is Max’s father’s name?
6. What name does Freak give the cops? Describe why he chose that name.

Chapter 8

1. How do the cops explain to Grim and Gram what happened after the fireworks?
2. How do Gram and Grim treat Max differently after talking to the cops? Why?
3. What does the coffee Grim offers Max symbolize? What does it stand for?
4. Describe Max’s summers before he met Freak.
5. How do Max and Freak spend the summer?
6. What does Freak do when Max asks him what a word means?
7. What does the chapter title “Dinosaur Brain” mean?

4. How do Max and Freak disguise themselves?
5. Where are Freak and Max going on their quest?
6. What do they find? How did it get there? Who does it belong to?

Chapter 11

1. Describe the Testaments. (List THREE points)
2. Why are Freak and Max at the Testaments?
3. descriptions page. Describe Loretta and Iggy. (List FOUR points) Add these traits to the character
4. How do you know that Loretta is scared of Iggy?

5. Describe Max and Freak’s visit with Loretta and Iggy.
6. Why does Iggy let Max and Freak leave?
7. Do you think Freak knows about Max’s father? Why or why not?
8. What did Loretta mean when she said Freak’s father was a magician?

Chapter 13

1. What is the setting of chapter 13? (WHEN and WHERE)
2. How does Freak teach Max to read? What did he compare reading to?
3. Does Mrs. Donelli accept Freak the Mighty? Give PROOF—quote from the story.

4.called down. Max is called alone to the Principal’s Office. Name TWO reasons Max thought he was

5. Why did the Principal actually want to talk to Max? How does Max respond?

Chapter 14

1. Why does Max take a day off of school?
2. What is Freak’s explanation for needing a new body? 3.with? Why are Grim and Gram yelling? Explain both sides of the argument. Who do you agree
3. Who is Annie?
4. Have Grim and Gram always hated Max’s father? Did Annie trust Max’s father? 6.relationship? Why does Grim go to the “down under”? What does this show about Grim and Max’s
5. Do you think the court order will keep Killer Kane away? Why or why not?
6. What does Max “cross his heart and hope to die” to?