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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Max say Freak hit a kid with, when he first remembers seeing him?

2. Where does Kevin tell Iggy that they found Loretta's purse?

3. What does Kevin call the boy looking for M80s in Chapter 6?

4. What does Max say Iggy's beard looks like it is made out of?

5. What is the name of King Arthur's queen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two reasons Max is afraid of Tony D. as he is running into the millpond?

2. How do both Loretta and Iggy describe Kevin and Max when they first see them?

3. Who has supposedly used Kevin's Boy Scout compass?

4. Why does Max like to "go into his head" and become a cloud?

5. Why does Gwen call Gram after she left with Kevin in a hurry?

6. Describe Loretta, the first time that Max and Kevin see her.

7. Why did Max never attempt to kick Freak in day care?

8. Why is it a big deal that Max looks like his father?

9. What were two prominent things that happened to Max (as he describes at the end of Chapter 1) during the summer before eighth grade?

10. At the end of Chapter 9, Kevin tells Max about pain. What are Kevin's thoughts on pain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Freak the Mighty (Max and Kevin) show courage throughout the book. Choose three circumstances where Freak the Mighty shows courage and explain why their actions were courageous.

Essay Topic 2

Freak the Mighty is a combination of both Max and Kevin. How does this combination make a whole person? (In what ways is Kevin disabled? Max? How does the combination of both make a "whole"?)

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the book, Max comes to find out about hope. Because of the "little fib" Kevin was told, he was able to live a life that was not burdened by the thought of death. What did Max learn about hope by the end of the book?

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