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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. Who do Greg and Rowley get some free labor from in helping make their snowman?

2. Who reports the problem about the Safety Patrol to the school?

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

4. What happens when Greg goes to Fregley's house that makes Greg second guess his decision?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

November comes, and Greg's Phys Ed teacher, Mr. Underwood, announces that the students will be starting a wrestling. Greg is disappointed, because he is a small kid for his age and knows nothing about wrestling. What embarrassments does Greg come into contact with and how does he respond to them?

Essay Topic 2

Greg creates a template for making his Christmas thank-you cards quicker and easier. What is this method and what does it say about Greg's character?

Essay Topic 3

The school play begins as planned, and Greg acts like a fool instead of following the script. Greg's family is in the audience, and on their way out of the school, Greg's mom throws a bouquet of flowers into the trash. Is Greg's mom justified in throwing the flowers out? Why or why not?

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