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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 Kevin make Max swear on when telling him about the medical research building's experiments?

2. What does Freak say is a "great invention of the mind"?

3. What does Max compare Kevin's breathing to on his first visit to Max's room?

4. According to Kevin, what "always lies over the next horizon"?

5. What is the name of the motorcycle gang that Iggy is the boss of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Max is watching Kevin jump at the tree in Chapter 3, what does he observe Kevin doing?

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

5. Where does the name "Freak the Mighty" come from?

6. Why does Max think Kevin is so small?

7. What two things happen after Max "saves" Kevin from Tony D. and his gang? (These things have never happened to Max before.)

8. Describe the Tenements.

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

10. How does Kevin maneuver Max through the Fourth of July celebration crowd in order to get away from Tony D.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Max learns from those around him continuously throughout the book. Choose three of the subordinate characters and discuss what you believe Max learned from them. Why was this lesson important?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Max feared his father so much? Name, and discuss, two reasons why Max was afraid of his father. What is the fear? What is the fear based upon? Was the fear realistic? Why? Why not?

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