100 POINTS

For anyone who has read freak the mighty, please answer these questions.

Chapter 1
1. Who is narrating the story? In what point of view is the story told?

2. List FIVE points about how the author describes himself. Add these traits to the character descriptions page.
3. Who does the narrator live with? Explain how they feel about him.
4. What is Grim's opinion of the narrator's father? Give PROOF-quote from the story.
5. When did Kevin and Max first meet?
6. Describe little Freak. Add these traits to the character descriptions page.
7. How old is Max at the end of Chapter 1? Explain what is happening to him.

Chapter 2
1. Describe the "down under." Does Max like the "down under"?
2. When does the story take place? (setting)
3. Who are the new neighbors? Describe them (Make FIVE points). Add these traits to the character descriptions page.
4. Describe the meeting between Max and Kevin.

Chapter 3
1. Max says Kevin "scared" him. Explain what he meant.
2. Why is Max waving his crutch at the tree?
4. At the end of the chapter, where is Max pulling Kevin?
5. Use a Venn Diagram or a double bubble to compare Max and Kevin.
How are they ALIKE? How are they DIFFERENT?
Max Kevin

Chapter 4
1. Where does Chapter 4 take place? (setting)
2. What is Kevin's reaction to the "down under"?
3. Why does Freak call his mom 'Fair Gwen of Air'?
5. What does Freak compare the knights to and why?
6. What makes Freak so upset his "eyes blaze"?
7. Explain Freak's opinion of television. Do you agree or disagree with Freak? Why?
8. Does Max like to read? Why or why not?
9. Why does Max think that the Fair Gwen ran away with Freak?

Chapter 5
1. What are the two settings for this chapter?
2. Why does Max go under his bed?
3. How does Max react to Gram referring to Kevin (Freak) as a “poor boy”?
4. Why wasn’t Max excited to have dinner at Freak’s house?
5. Freak explains to Max that his mother is nervous because Max is the “spitting image of your
old man.” What else does she says about Max’s father (either in your own words or in
quotes)?
6. Because of what Gwen says and the conversation between Grim and Gram in Chapter 1, what do you think Max’s father might be in jail for? Give PROOF—quote from the story.
7. How does Max know that Gwen is no longer nervous or scared of him?

Explanation:

Max (Kicker) is narrating the story in the 1st person.

1. tall

2.aggressive

3. shy

4. barefoot

5. a kicker

5b. Not smart

Max lives with Grim & Gram. They want to make sure that he doesn't turn out like his dad. The are very overprotective and nervous.

Grim does not like the father at all. He is afraid of him that he doesn't even say his name. "He's never stepping in this house."

They met in kindergarten.

1.short

2.intelligent

3.confident

It was the summer before eighth grade. Hew as around 12 or 13 years old. He is growing so fast that he was busting out of his shoes and tripping everywhere.

The down under is the basement. Max actually likes it because he has it all for himself and Gram doesn't poke her head in to ask what he is up to.

It takes place in the summer in the neighborhood.

Fair Gwen & Kevin (Freak) - Robot Boy

1. polite - Gwen

2. beautiful - Gwen

3. Confident - Kevin

4. Bossy / impolite - Kevin

5. Strange - Kevin

Max crept up on Kevin watching him but he kept tripping on his big feet so Kevin saw him. Kevin kept saying "I said identify yourself, earthling, or suffer the consequences."

hi there!

one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.

normally working animals are domesticated and ruled by a master, a domesticator (tamer), to perform basic and important functions on a farm, for example. the value used in this context is animal labor in exchange for food. it is not so much a contrast to the story told by napoleon and the pigs, since the animals of that particular farm also performed functions on the farm through domestication. the only thing is that in this case, who rules them is a pig, also an animal, but very respected, to whom the other animals lent him submission. that's about a strong relationship of dependency between animal and owner.