Before completing this activity, you must read chapters 3 & 4 of Freak the Mighty.
Please answer the questions to the best of your abilities. You may click on the sound button beside each question and answer to have them read to you.

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1. Why is Kevin hitting the tree?

   1.   ?    He is trying to get his mechanical bird.
   2.   ?    He is pretending it is an enemy knight.
   3.   ?    He hates trees.
   4.   ?    He is trying to chop down the tree.

2. Who saved Kevin's mechanical bird?

   1.   ?    Gwen
   2.   ?    one of the movers
   3.   ?    Max
   4.   ?    Grim

3. How do Kevin and Max get to Max's house?

   1.   ?    Gwen drives them to Max's house.
   2.   ?    Max & Kevin race to Max's house.
   3.   ?    Max & Kevin walk to Max's house.
   4.   ?    Max pulls Kevin in the wagon.

4. What does Kevin call his mom?

   
   
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   1.   ?    Mom
   2.   ?    Mother
   3.   ?    Fair Gwen of Air
   4.   ?    Babe

5. What story does Kevin tell Max?

   1.   ?    "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
   2.   ?    "Heidi"
   3.   ?    "The Legends of King Arthur"
   4.   ?    "The Three Musketeers"

6. How does Kevin explain the "Knights of the Round Table" to Max?

   1.   ?    He says that King Arthur wanted everyone to be equal.
   2.   ?    He says that Arthur got bored and invited the knights to eat at a round table.
   3.   ?    He says that a bunch of wrestlers built a big round ring and would put chairs around it for their dinner parties.
   4.   ?    He says that King Arthur built a big round table so that it would look like the full moon.

7. Why does Kevin get mad at Max?

   1.   ?    Max made fun of Kevin's mom.
   2.   ?    Max said that robots were not real.
   3.   ?    Max said that Kevin was stupid.
   4.   ?    Max broke Kevin's crutches.

8. Why is Gwen scared?

   1.   ?    Kevin put on a scary mask and surprised her.
   2.   ?    She is scared of the neighbor's dog.
   3.   ?    She did not know where Kevin went.
   4.   ?    She was watching a horror movie.

9. According to Kevin, what does the word "demeanor" mean?

   1.   ?    an "address"
   2.   ?    a "really mean person"
   3.   ?    an "expression"

10. According to Kevin, what is an "ornithopter"?

    1.   ?    a "bird with a broken wing"
    2.   ?    a "helicopter"
    3.   ?    an "experimental device propelled by flapping wings"

11. According to Kevin, what is a "sobriquet"?

    1.   ?    a "girl who is sobbing"
    2.   ?    a "foreign play"
    3.   ?    a "nickname"

12. According to Kevin, what is "television"?

    1.   ?    a "big box of pictures"
    2.   ?    "opiate for the massives"
    3.   ?    a "vision to tell people about"

13. Fill in the blank:
    "I'm lying on my mattress there in the great down under, and it comes to me that he's right, I am a(n) _____________."

    1.   ?    jerk
    2.   ?    weirdo
    3.   ?    alien
    4.   ?    earthling

14. Fill in the blank:
    Kevin stands in a _____________ to get his bird from the tree.

    1.   ?    wagon
    2.   ?    tree
    3.   ?    chair
    4.   ?    swimming pool

15. Fill in the blank:
    When Kevin talks, he always moves his _____________.

    1.   ?    legs
    2.   ?    hands
    3.   ?    crutches
    4.   ?    eyebrows

16. Fill in the blank:
    "Arthur's magical sword is called _____________."

    1.   ?    Freak
    2.   ?    Harold
    3.   ?    Excalibur
    4.   ?    Orcrist

17. Fill in the blank:
    "Books are like _____________ _____________ -- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real."

    1.   ?    virtual reality
    2.   ?    truth serum
    3.   ?    Honest Abe