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Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick Reading Schedule Monday, 3/10 - chapters 1-4 dueTuesday, 3/11 - chapters 5-7 dueWednesday 3/12 - chapters 8-9 due Thursday 3/13- chapters 10-11 due Friday 3/14- chapters 12-14 due Monday 3/17 - chapters 15-17 due Tuesday 3/18 - chapters 18-20 due Wednesday 3/19- chapters 21-22 due Thursday 3/20- project discussion Friday 3/21- chapters 23-25 due Chapter Questions Step 1: Review questions for chapters assigned that night. Step 2: As you find the answer to each question IN the book, please write that question’s number near the answer in the text. In other words, you will answer these answers in your book.Step 3: You will be allowed to use your book on our reading checks, but they will be timed, so make sure that you have marked the question’s answers ahead of time to maximize your potential for success. Chapter 1- The Unvanquished Truth (pages 1-4)1. Who is the narrator of this story? 2. What was Max’s name in daycare? What behavior earned him this name? Why was he an aggressive child? 3. What opinion do you think Max has of himself as the story begins? Can you relate with this? 4. What does Max mean by… “I never had a brain until Freak came along…”? 5. What does Grim mean when he says that Maxwell is “getting to look a lot like him” ? Chapter 2- Up from the Down Under (pages 5-9)6. What is Max’s living situation. Who does he live with and why? 7. What is Kevin doing when Max first sees him? How do they become friends? Describe how you first became friends with your current best friend. 8. What is the first thing Kevin says to Max? What does Max think about it? Chapter 3- American Flyer (pages 10-14)9. Why does Max call Kevin a “freak”? 10. What is one of the first advanced vocabulary words that Kevin uses with Max. How does Max feel about this? 11. What is “the down under” that Max shows to Freak? Do you have a similar place in your house? Chapter 4- What Frightened the Fair Gwen (pages 15-20)12. Who is the Fair Gwen? How does she compare to Queen Guinevere? 13. From your own prior knowledge, how would you define the following words: friendship, loyalty, chivalry, bravery, courage? 14. How does Kevin compare knights to robots? Why does he get so excited about the Knights of the Round Table?15. How might Kevin and Max’s differences and similarities be important to their friendship? Be specific about how certain differences and/or similarities would create a bond of friendship between the boys. Chapter 5- Spitting Image (pages 21-27)16. What are Max’s “timeout” places? Where do you think Kevin’s place might be?17. How was Max hurt by the Fair Gwen? When have you ever been hurt by someone’s reaction to you? How did you handle your feelings about it? 18. Who do you look like (what family member)? How does the make you feel? How might that affect your life or how people (family, friends, and acquaintances) react to you? 19. What makes Max so happy at the end of the chapter? Why Chapter 6- Close Encounter of the Turd Kind (pages 28-33)20. What does Max say the 4th of July is really all about? 21. Why is this chapter called “Close Encounter of the Turd Kind”? 22. Why do Max and Freak laugh so hard after Tony and his gang run away the 1st time? 23. How is the relationship between Kevin and Max changing? Cite specific moments in the text. Chapter 7- Walking High Above the World (pages 34-40)24. What was the 2nd incident with Tony and his gang?25. How do Kevin and Max’s perspective of the events varies from Tony and his crew’s perspective of their conflict.26. How do Max and Freak end up taking the name “Freak the Mighty”?27. We now have a good impression of how much the Legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table have influenced Kevin. In the text, highlight examples of language that Kevin has used pertaining to the Arthur and the Knights. Chapter 8- Dinosaur Brain (pages 41-47)28. Does Max get in trouble with Grim and Gram when he comes home with the police officer? Why or why not? 29. How do stereotypes influence people’s perspectives and how people interact with one another? Highlight a stereotype in this chapter? How can we combat stereotypes?30. What does Grim giving Max his first cup of real coffee symbolize?31. How has Max’s summer changed now with Kevin around? Is Kevin a positive or negative influence on Max? How and why? Chapter 9- Life is Dangerous (pages 48-53)32. What is Kevin and Max’s first quest?33. Why does Freak take Max to his “special” Fortress?34. How does Freak describe “bionics” to Max?35. How does the tone of the chapter change when Freak starts telling Max about becoming a “human robot”? Highlight evidence of this change in your book. Chapter 10 – Rats or Worse (pages 54-62)36. Describe any encounter or experience you have had with a treasure hunt. Think about books you have read, movies you have watched and perhaps camp or class activities.37. Why do Freak and Max have to wait until night time for their next quest?38. Why do you think Freak always talks in Star Wars references?39. What is the “retrieval device” that Freak made to get the treasure? Chapter 11 – Damsel of Distress (pages 63-71)41. Why does Kevin say it is sometimes OK to break a promise when you are on a quest?42. What does Iggy mean when he says “Life ain’t life”? (70).43. Predict what you think will happen next with Iggy and Loretta Lee. Will Kevin and Max ever see them again? How might Iggy and Loretta Lee be involved in the remainder of the novel? Chapter 12 – Killer Kane, Killer Kane, Had a Kid Who Got No Brain (pages 72-79) 44. Does Grim care about Max? How do you know?45. In the chapter, kids tease Max by calling him Maxi Pad and chanting “Killer Kane! Killer Kane! Had a kid who got no brain!” Do you think this kind of teasing is realistic? Why or why not? Why do you think people call each other names? 46. Why does Max describe the students chanting “Freak the Mighty” as “really pretty cool”? How would you react if you were Max? 47. List three possible reasons someone might get sent to the principal’s office next to the scene when Max and Freak are sent to the principal’s office. Why are they there? Chapter 13 – American Chop Suey (pages 80-87)48. What effect has Kevin had on Max’s education? 48.5. Which sentence in this chapter “packs the most punch?” That is, which sentence in this chapter had the biggest impact on you? Circle or highlight it. Chapter 14 - Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (pages 88-92) 49. On page 89, Kevin says, “No one stays who they are. Everybody is always changing.” How is this true in your life? How are you a different person than you were on the first day of school? 50. What do you think about Grim’s plan to protect the family? Chapter 15- What Came Down the Chimney (pages 93-99) 51. What’s your favorite Z entry in Freak’s dictionary?52. Write a six-word summary of chapter 15. That’s right, you may only use ONLY six words to summarize the chapter. Chapter 16 - A Chip off the Old Block (100-107) 53.Why does Max remain silent at the beginning of the chapter? Why doesn’t he fight back or try to escape?54. Why do you think Max says his captor “doesn’t need a suit of armor”(103)?55. If Max is our hero, what stage of the hero cycle is he entering in this chapter? Chapter 17- By All That’s Holy (108-114) 56. Where is Max now? Describe his surroundings with six adjectives in the margin of the page. 57. How is Max feeling? Choose five nouns to describe the emotions he is feeling.58. Find the line in this chapter that’s significant to you. What stands out to you? What is funny, or serious, or in some way impacts you? Draw a star next to this line and be prepared to discuss it. 59. Killer Kane wants to make sure that Max understands what really happened to land him in jail. Find one piece of evidence that makes it seem like he’s telling the truth. Mark it with a + sign. Find one piece of evidence that makes it seem like he’s lying. Mark it with a - sign. Chapter 18 - Never Trust a Cripple (115-121) 61. At pages 117-118 Max’s father tells him of his plan for their future. What is it?62. Why does Max’s father say the he is “the light”?63. How is it that “the cops” come to Iggy’s house looking for Max? How do they know to look there?64. Why do you think Killer Kane says, “Never trust a cripple,”? Chapter 19 - Into the Black Down Under (122-127) 65. Describe the “black down under” in your own words using figurative language.66. How has your perception of Loretta Lee changed over the course of the book?67. Can our memories be manipulated? Is there any chance that Max isn’t actually remembering the truth and only what he’s told has happened? Chapter 20 - Freak the Mighty Strikes Again (128-134) 68. What does Max realize as he is saving Loretta Lee? How does the author manipulate time to reveal this memory? (In other words, describe how the author merges past and present circumstances to reveal what really happened to land Killer Kane in jail.)69. Describe the events of the chapter in a six-word story.70. Who is the hero of this chapter? Where is our hero on the hero cycle? Chapter 21- The Accident of Nature (135- 140) 71. On page 136, why does Max say that Gram’s expression “you can’t judge a book by its cover” is right?72. What is happening at this point in the book with Freak’s health?73. Name two things that are different about school after the Christmas break.74. What is Max worried about and why? Chapter 22- Remembering Is Just and Invention of the Mind (141-146)75. At pages 141-142, Freak explains to Max what remembering is. Summarize what Freak says. 76. Do you think he is foreshadowing something that is going to happen? If so, what?77. How does Freak’s birthday celebration end? Chapter 23 - The Empty Book (147-152) 78. How does Max find Freak looking when he visits him in the hospital?79. Why does Freak give Max and empty book? Why does he say he won’t have enough time to fill it?80. What could an empty book symbolize? Chapter 24 - The Return of Kicker (153-157) 81. Write a paragraph summary of this chapter using one of my paragraph formats. 82. What is a lie? Is it ever okay to lie? Why did Freak tell Max he was getting a new, bionic body when it was never the case at all? Chapter 25 - What Loretta Said (158-160) 83. How does Max describe his grieving process?84. What did Max start to do after Loretta told him that nothing was a drag?85. Is Max a hero? Is Kevin a hero? Does either character go through the hero cycle? Freak’s Dictionary (161-169) 86. Highlight your favorite definition.87. Put a star next to a definition that Freak might have written to tell his friend something important. ................
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