By: Rodman Philbrick
Chapter 8:
Dinosaur Brain
Chapter 9:
Life is Dangerous
Chapter 10:
Rats or Worse

Quote For Thought: Ch. 8,9, & 10
Gram says: “I saw those blue lights and thought the worse.”
Why do you think Gram says this? Explain why you think this way. Provide examples from the novel to support your answer.
Please respond to what you think this quote means in your Freak Dictionary .

Visualization Task – Ch. 8
 Draw what Max looks like when he is looking up the word archetype in the dictionary.

Visualization Task – Ch. 10
 Draw what Max and Kevin look like when they are on their quest.

 archetype
 evasive
 quest

 divulged
 yonder
 cardiac

 scuttle
 grim
 optimum
 fealty

Questions for Response – Ch. 8
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5.
How do Gram and Grim treat Maxwell differently after Max "saves" Freak from Tony D.?
Why do you think they change how they treat him because of this incident?
What does the coffee Grim offers Max symbolize?
Why do you think Freak takes Max to the hospital?
Why was it so important to him?

Questions for Response – Ch. 9
1.
Why do you think Freak takes Max to the hospital?
2.
Why was it so important to him?

Questions for Response – Ch. 10
1.
Kevin has a vivid (intense, animated, lively) imagination.
Use five examples from the novel, chapters 1- 10, that prove this is a true statement, be sure to list the page that you find your evidence.
2.
Why do you think that Max does everything that Kevin tells him to do?
3.
Predict what the boys will do with the purse they recovered.
Or explain what you thought might or could happen.

 Write a three to four sentence summary about each of the chapters 8,9, and 10.