English ______

6th grade

Mr. Kowalick ______

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Plot Analysis: Answer each question by writingcomplete and correct sentences.

Be prepared to share your responses and support your opinions by citing textual evidence.

(CCSS Listening & Speaking 6.1 - 6.4; 6.6 / CCSS Language 6.2 – 6.5)

Chapter 16(For questions that ask you to “list”, do not write a complete sentence; just write the answer.)

  1. Despite being in prison, how was Kenny Kane able to get to Max and kidnap him?

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(CCSS Reading 6.1, 6.2, 6.5)

  1. Explain why Max doesn’t scream when Kenny shows up in his room in the middle of the night to take him away. (Please be specific and use details from the story.)

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  1. Read the following citation from chapter 16: “Somehow I always knew that this would happen, that he would always come for me, in the night, that I would wake up to find him there, filling the room, and that I’d feel empty.”If this thought had been lurking in the back of Max’s mind for years, how do you think it affected his life?

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(CCSS Reading 6.1, 6.4, 6.5; Language 6.5)

  1. Now that Kenny is back, what does Max think about Grim and Gram, Freak and Gwen, and his new-found success in school?

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(CCSS Reading 6.1, 6.2, 6.5)

  1. What does Kenny call Max instead of his real name? ______

Chapter 17

  1. Iggy provided a place to stay for Kenny and Max. What is this place and how did Iggy get it? ______

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  1. When Iggy leaves Kenny and Max in the hideout, why does Max remain standing in the middle of the room?

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  1. What is Kenny’s opinion of his son? a)______

Does he know the “real” Max? b)______How can you tell?

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Chapters 1920

  1. Why does Loretta return and descend into the basement of the burned up building? ______

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  1. Reread pages 128-129 and summarize what happened. Be sure to include details from the story. Describe the events as though the person reading your paper has not read the novel.

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(CCSS Reading 6.1, 6.3)

  1. Kenny can’t believe that Max remembers seeing him kill his mother when he was only four years old. What finally convinces him that Max really does remember?

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  1. What exactly does Killer Kane have in mind when he says, “I have to clean this up”?

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  1. How does Freak help Max get away from Killer Kane? ______

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  1. How does Max help Freak get away from Killer Kane?

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  1. Who was the first person Freak the Mighty saw waiting for them outside the basement?

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  1. Who had saved Loretta’s life and how?

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