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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Nick and his friends plan for school picture day?
(a) All of the fifth graders tape a picture of a pen labeled "frindle" to their shirts before getting their pictures taken.
(b) The fifth graders hold up pens and say "frindle" when their class picture is taken.
(c) He and his friends stand together and spell out the letters "F-R-I-N-D-L-E" with their hands in the class photo.
(d) He and his friends all hold up signs that say "frindle" during the class photo.

2. When Mr. Allen asks Nick to put an end to everyone using the word "frindle," what does Nick tell him?
(a) It is not really under his control anymore.
(b) He will do his best.
(c) It will probably die out on its own.
(d) He wishes that his father would be on his side.

3. What does Mrs. Allen tell Mrs. Chatham when Mrs. Chatham finishes explaining the problem at school?
(a) She is very sorry that her son has been disrespectful.
(b) She wants her son removed from Mrs. Granger's class.
(c) She is embarrassed that Nick ruined the fifth grade picture.
(d) She thinks that the school is making a big deal over nothing.

4. What does Mr. Allen do with the money from the sale of "frindle" items?
(a) He starts a secret bank account for Nick.
(b) He gives it to Nick and tells him he can decide what to do with it.
(c) He uses it to pay for a family vacation.
(d) He buys Nick a new bike.

5. Why does the principal allow the reporter to talk to Mrs. Granger?
(a) Because she thinks that Mrs. Granger will do a good job defending the school.
(b) Because Mrs. Granger asked to talk to the reporter.
(c) Because she really cannot stop it from happening, anyway.
(d) Because she does not think that Mrs. Granger will be willing to talk to the reporter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Freed?

2. Why does Mrs. Granger not give Nick the letter that she has written to him?

3. Who is Mrs. Margaret Chatham?

4. Who is Alice Lunderson?

5. How does Mrs. Granger respond to the students using the word so much after picture day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the fifth grade picture is taken?

2. When the television reporter comes to interview Nick, what two things does Mrs. Allen do to try to make sure that the interview goes well?

3. Why does Judy Morgan end up writing a story about the "frindle"?

4. When the school principal comes to visit his parents, what game does it make Nick think of, and who does he think his mother and Mrs. Chatham are, in that game?

5. What is funny about the reporter's conversation with the students outside the school?

6. What is "freedom of the press," and how is it related to this book?

7. After they first hear the word "frindle," how do the class and Mrs. Granger react?

8. What happens when Pete suggests that they try to get all of the fifth graders to ask Mrs. Granger for a "frindle"?

9. After class on the first day that Nick uses the word "frindle" in class, what does Mrs. Granger tell him?

10. After what happens with the fifth grade picture, what does Mrs. Granger do?

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