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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 does the "punk" lose when Max runs into him trying to get away from Tony?

2. Why is Max crying at the end of Chapter 5?

3. What does sobriquet mean?

4. Who does Max call "Fair Gwen of Air"?

5. When Max and Kevin approach the apartment in the tenements, what does a hand reach out and grab?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Max describe Kevin's breathing when he climbs down the steps into Max's room?

4. What has been done to prepare Kevin for the bionics transplant?

5. Why does Max think Grim never says his father's name?

6. What is Max and Kevin's plan to escape Tony D. at the Fourth of July celebration?

7. Explain the details surrounding Max's second meeting with Freak.

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

9. How does Kevin seem to feel as Max pulls him over to his room for the first time?

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

True friendship is a key theme to the book. Find three examples where true friendship are exampled and explain why the example speaks to true friendship.

Essay Topic 2

Max is constantly speaking negatively about himself. In what ways are the things he says true? In what ways are the things that he says false? What does this say about Max's self-esteem?

Essay Topic 3

Family comes to mean more to Max by the end of the book given all that he has been through. Discuss what Max comes to learn about the importance of family. In what ways does Max find out family is important? What did Max think about family before the book ended? What events changed Max's mind about the importance of family?

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