Q 01/05

What does Kevin aim at the eyes of Max's father in Freak the Mighty, claiming it is full of acid?

A) A spray can

B) A squirt gun

C) A water balloon

D) A perfume bottle

Answer · why

B) A squirt gun

A squirt gun is all Kevin has, yet the bluff works long enough for Max to grab him and run outside to the waiting police.

Q 02/05

In Freak the Mighty, what does Kevin claim a secret hospital laboratory is building for him?

A) A time machine

B) A flying wheelchair

C) A suit of armour

D) A new bionic body

Answer · why

D) A new bionic body

A new bionic body is the story Kevin tells, saying he will be the first bionically improved human. His doctor later says he invented it to give himsel...

Q 03/05

In Freak the Mighty, what does Kevin call the mechanical bird that Max plucks from a tree for him?

A) An ornithopter

B) A gyrocopter

C) A clockwork glider

D) An autogyro

Answer · why

A) An ornithopter

An ornithopter, Kevin lectures, is 'an experimental device propelled by flapping wings', and rescuing it is how the two boys first become friends.

Q 04/05

On which night does Max's newly paroled father creep into his room and kidnap him in Freak the Mighty?

A) Halloween

B) New Year's Eve

C) Christmas Eve

D) Thanksgiving

Answer · why

C) Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve begins happily, with Kevin and his mother joining Max's family for the evening, before Max wakes in the night to find his father standin...

Q 05/05

In Freak the Mighty, the legends of which ruler inspire Kevin to call the boys' adventures quests?

A) Charlemagne

B) King Arthur

C) Richard the Lionheart

D) Alexander the Great

Answer · why

B) King Arthur

King Arthur is Kevin's obsession: he nicknames his mother the Fair Gwen after Guinevere and tells Max that armoured knights were like the first human ...