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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 do the kids from Whirley Street do every winter after it snows?

2. What do Greg and Rowley want to do after completing their snowman?

3. What happens after Fregley eats Greg's sugary sweets?

4. Why does Greg recognize the teenagers that interrupt Greg and Rowley's fight in May?

5. At what time does Greg return home from Fregley's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Greg disappointed when he sees his comic in the school newspaper?

2. Why does Rowley get called to Mr. Winsky's office in relation to the Safety Patrols?

3. How does Rowley treat Greg after the truth comes out that it was Greg who was terrorizing the kindergarteners?

4. What happens to Greg's plan to put a thumbtack on his teacher's chair and make everyone laugh?

5. How does Greg interpret his mom's advice about the Safety Patrol dilemma?

6. Why does Greg not want Rowley as a partner when he starts creating his cartoon for the school newspaper?

7. How does the reader know that Greg's experience at Fregley's house does not go well?

8. Why would Greg's English teacher, Mrs. Levine, call the snowy situation between Greg and Rowley and the Whirley Street kids ironic?

9. In February, why do Greg and Rowley decide to throw the base of their snowman into the street?

10. What makes Greg jealous of Rowley's new friend Collin Lee after the Safety Patrol incident?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Greg and Rowley are ready to go out on Halloween for trick-or-treating. They have great costumes and a plan for where they will go to get the most candy. Unfortunately, as they are about to leave their plans crumble. What happens before and during trick-or-treating that makes Greg angry? Why is Greg right or wrong for being upset?

Essay Topic 2

Rowley befriends a new kid, Collin Lee, from school and starts spending a lot of time with him. Greg becomes jealous of this relationship and tries to make Rowley jealous by hanging out with Fregley, a nerdy kid from school. How does the reader know that Greg's intentions with Fregley are authentic or inauthentic?

Essay Topic 3

In February, it snows for the first time, and Greg and Rowley decide to start making the base for their snowman. They face many obstacles along the way, and Greg seems to blame everyone around him when things do not go his way. What challenges do Greg and Rowley face and how does Greg respond to these challenges?

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