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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 Max say is fluttering around in his chest when he is talking to Mrs. Addison?

2. What does Gram ask Max if he has when they are talking about Kevin's trips to the doctor, after Max tells her that they are a team?

3. Where does Max want to go when Kevin is at the doctor, after the kidnapping?

4. What does Max's father compare cops to in the beginning of Chapter 19?

5. What does Max's father do to ensure that Max does not run away from the "old bat's" apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Max believe that Mrs. Donalli is finally getting used to him and Kevin?

2. What does Max do, on the hospital lawn, given that he is not able to go in and visit Kevin?

3. How is Kevin dressed for the Christmas Eve dinner at Max's house?

4. How does Kevin define remembering?

5. What does Max do when Mrs.Donalli asks him a question in class?

6. How does Kevin explain the act of remembering?

7. What do both Kevin and Max get each other for Christmas?

8. In what way is Kevin's thirteenth birthday two birthdays in one?

9. What causes Max to pull out the empty book one year after Kevin's death?

10. What happens to force Max to believe that "spooky stuff" happens on all Friday the Thirteenths?

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

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 3

Max seems to be a very good judge of character. Choose one of the subordinate characters (Loretta, Iggy, Ken Kane) and describe how Max's initial feelings about the character came to be true. Alternatively, Max ended up being wrong about two of the characters, why were his initial feelings about the character false?

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