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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state does Nick live in?

2. How does Nick end up with extra homework on his first day of fifth grade?

3. What is different for Nick about the homework in Mrs. Granger's class?

4. What does Mrs. Granger say about the dictionary?

5. What kind of bird does Nick learn to do an impression of?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter One, "Nick," how does Nick turn his classroom into a tropical island?

2. In Chapter One, "Nick," how do the different school staff members react to Nick's "tropical island"?

3. In Chapter Two, "Mrs. Granger," who is Mrs. Granger, and what kind of a person is she?

4. In Chapter Six, "The Big Idea," how does Nick put his "frindle" plan into action?

5. In Chapter One, "Nick," what does Nick discover about blackbirds, and what does he do about it?

6. In Chapter Five, "The Report," what is Nick's plan to waste class time, and how does Mrs. Granger react?

7. Who is James, and what does he have to do with Nick's homework?

8. In Chapter Four, "Word Detective," why is Nick upset about doing his homework?

9. How does Mrs. Avery react to Nick's blackbird noise?

10. In Chapter Five, "The Report," what two reasons are there for Nick's nervousness about giving his report?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a word that was invented within the past twenty years and is now a part of the dictionary. Write an essay about where the word came from and how it spread. Make sure to give credit to your sources.

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Granger's letter changes the way the reader sees her and changes the way the reader understands certain parts of the story. Explain what is in Mrs. Granger's letter and how the things that this letter reveals change the reader's understanding.

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Granger talks about how fast the world is changing and how she wants to teach things that will always be valuable no matter how the world changes. Does she succeed in her goal? Explain what she wants to do with her teaching, what choices she makes as a teacher in this story, and whether she does or does not achieve her goal--at least with Nick Allen.

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