“Million Dollar Baby” Study Guide questions
1. Who is Frankie Dunn? ______
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2. Where does this story take place? ___
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3. Explain the Quote, “Everything in Boxing is backwards to life.”
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4. Do you believe this is true? Explain using one example.
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5. What is the name of the gym.
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6. Who is Maggie Fitzgerald?
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7. List 3 reasons Frankie doesn’t want to train Maggie initially.
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8. Write down a quote that show how Frankie thinks about women’s boxing before training Maggie?
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9. How does she change his opinion?
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10. What sport does Frankie compare boxing?
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11. What does Mo Cuishle mean in Gaelic?
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12. Explain the following quote from page 76:
“Hey, Man! You gonna let a girl beat you?”…”That ain’t a girl, that’s a fighter.”
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13. What happened to Maggie’s Family?
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14. Who’s Astrakhov?
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15. Describe her fighting tactics
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16. How does Maggie get hurt? Use a quote to describe the injury.
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17. Describe her home life. Before her father dies.
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18. What was her relationship with her father?
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19. What happened to him?
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20. Who’s Axel?
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21. Explain how what happens to him is a metaphor for Maggie.
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22. Why does Maggie send her family home?
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23. Why does she ask Frankie to kill her?
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24. Why does he do it?
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25. Is this story about a female that boxes or a boxer who happens to be female? Explain using 2 specific examples.
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“Million Dollar Baby” Study Guide questions