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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. When did they hand out yearbooks at school?

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

3. What do the teenagers do to Rowley to get back at him for Halloween?

4. What does Fregley take from Greg's backpack without him knowing?

5. Why is Greg called into the office the day after Rowley is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Greg's dad take a shovel and smash Greg and Rowley's snowman?

4. Why does Greg throw his yearbook in the trash can at the end of the year?

5. How and why does Greg feel about his chances of getting the cartoonist job for the school newspaper?

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

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

8. Why does Greg say that he got rid of the wretched Cheese once and for all?

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

10. Why is Greg angry about the cartoonist that replaces him in the school newspaper?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Greg and Rowley return to Greg's house to see how much candy they were able to get. Greg and Rowley empty their bags onto the counter and are very disappointed to find almost no candy. Greg says that he is going to stay home and eat his mom's candy next year. Taking into consideration the entirety of that Halloween night, for what reasons may Greg decide to not go trick-or-treating the next year?

Essay Topic 2

On the Saturday after the first week of school, Greg says that, "Rowley is technically my best friend, but that is subject to change." Greg and Rowley have an interesting friendship, and Greg can be very mean to Rowley. In what ways does Greg disrespect Rowley and how do these interactions help shape Greg's personality in the reader's eyes?

Essay Topic 3

The school play, The Wizard Of Oz, begins rehearsals at the start of December. In November, Greg's mother demands he sign-up. From the start, the play is not going very well. What types of incidences occur that prove rehearsal are not going well and how do they leak into the actual play?

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