For Sec. 2 Novel Study on Freak the Mighty

1. JEOPARDY!
START
CHAPTERS 1-4

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CHARACTERS SETTING VOCBULARY RANDOM
1 POINT 1 POINT 1 POINT 1 POINT
2 POINTS 2 POINTS 2 POINTS 2 POINTS
3 POINTS 3 POINTS 3 POINTS 3 POINTS
5 POINTS 5 POINTS 5 POINTS 5 POINTS

3. ANSWER
FROM WHAT POINT OF VIEW IS
THE NOVEL WRITTEN? (1ST, 2ND
OR 3RD PERSON)

4. FIRST PERSON PERSPECTIVE

5. ANSWER
WHAT ARE TWO NAMES PEOPLE
CALLED OR CALL THE
NARRATOR?

6. KICKER, MAD MAX, MAX
FACTOR, MAXI PAD, MAXWELL

7. ANSWER
WHO ARE GRAM AND GRIM IN
RELATION TO THE NARRATOR?

8. THEY ARE HIS GRANDPARENTS
ON HIS MOTHER’S SIDE

9. ANSWER
WHO IS GWEN?

10. GWEN IS FREAK’S MOTHER AND
MAX’S NEW NEIGHBOR

11. ANSWER
DURING WHAT SEASON DOES
FREAK MOVE DOWN THE
STREET?

12. DURING THE SUMMER

13. ANSWER
WHAT IS “THE DOWN UNDER”?

14. THE ROOM IN THE BASEMENT
THAT IS MAX’S BEDROOM

15. ANSWER
THE NOVEL TAKES PLACE IN
WHAT COUNTRY?

16. THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA

17. ANSWER
DESCRIBE 1 CHARACTERISTIC OF
FREAK’S BACKYARD.

18. ONE SCRAGGLY TREE, CHAIN-
LINK FENCE

19. ANSWER
WHAT DOES UNVANQUISHED
MEAN?

20. NOT ABLE TO BE DEFEATED

21. ANSWER
WHAT DOES PHONY MEAN?

22. FAKE, NOT GENUINE

23. ANSWER
WHAT DOES SCUTTLE MEAN?

24. A SHORT, HURRIED RUN; TO
SCURRY

25. ANSWER
WHAT DOES SOBRIQUET MEAN?

26. NICKNAME

27. ANSWER
IDENTIFY HIM.

28. HIM IS HOW GRAM AND GRIM
REFER TO MAX’S FATHER

29. ANSWER
WHAT DOES MAX RETRIEVE
FROM THE TREE FOR FREAK?

30. IT IS A PLASTIC BIRD, LIGHT AS A
FEATHER. FREAK CALLS THE
PLASTIC BIRD, AN ORNITHOPTER.

31. ANSWER
WHY IS FREAK REALLY
INTERESTED IN THE KNIGHTS?

32. HE BELIEVES THE KNIGHTS WERE
LIKE THE FIRST HUMAN VERSION
OF ROBOTS. HUNDREDS OF YEARS
BEFORE THEY HAD COMPUTERS
THEY WERE ALREADY ATTEMPTING
TO EXCEED THE DESIGN
LIMITATIONS OF THE HUMAN
BODY.

33. ANSWER
WHAT IS FREAK’S MOTHER’S
REACTION TO SEEING MAX?

34. SHE APPEARS TO BE SCARED OF
MAX.