English ______

6th grade

Mr. Kowalick ______

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Plot Analysis: Answer each question by writing complete 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 21 (For questions that ask you to “list”, do not write a complete sentence; just write the answer.)

1.  What is Killer Kane accused of doing that could lock him up for good?

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(CCSS Reading 6.1, 6.2, 6.5)

2.  What does Max mean when he says, “You can’t always judge a book by the cover?”

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3.  Why won’t Gram let Max sleep in the cellar? How does Max feel about that?

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(CCSS Reading 6.1, 6.2, 6.5)

4. When Mrs. Donelli displays Kevin and Max’s picture from the newspaper and someone draws mustaches on them, how do the boys feel about it?

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5. Why does Max care that Grim says, “The man is an accident of nature”?

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6.  Freak likes to say, “Remembering is just an invention of the mind.” What do you think he means by that? ______

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(CCSS Reading 6.1, 6.2, 6.5)

7.  What is Kevin (jokingly) hoping to get for his birthday? ______

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8. What is “that secret code that mothers have”? What do you think Gwen and Gram are

saying to each other? ______

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9.  Do you think Kevin is surprised by his birthday gift? Why? ______

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10. Why doesn’t Kevin’s birthday turn out so well? ______

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11. Although Max is not supposed to visit Kevin on the first day, he goes to the hospital

anyway. Why is he allowed to visit Kevin?

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12. Why does Kevin’s voice sound funny? ______

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13. Why does Kevin give Max a blank book? ______

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14. When Max says, “Poor Gwen? She’s not the one having the special operation,” Grim and

Gram just look at each other. What are they communicating non-verbally to each other?

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15. What is it like outside as Max makes his way to the hospital the next morning?

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16. What is the first clue that Kevin has died? ______

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17. How does Max react to the news that Kevin is gone? ______

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18. How does Max realize that Kevin was just making up a story about getting a new bionic

body? Why do you think Kevin made up this story?

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19. Why does Max miss Kevin’s funeral and Gwen moving away? ______

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20. What do you think is the real reason Max blew up at Tony D. when he told Max that

what happened to Kevin was a shame?

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21. Loretta Lee says to Max, “Nothing is a drag, kid. Think about it.” What do you think

Loretta is trying to tell him?

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22. What does Max finally do with the empty book?

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