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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. Why does Greg think substitutes are comic gold?

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

3. What does Greg see outside Fregley's window?

4. Who gets the open job at the school paper in February?

5. What happens at the start of June?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Greg tries to press his parents to buy him some serious exercise equipment and weight powder, so Greg can become a better wrestler. Greg's mom thinks it is an extreme request, but Greg's dad is on board with certain caveats. Why does Greg's dad support Greg, even though it is a financially impulsive decision, and what is the outcome?

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

In October, Greg and Rowley are very excited to go the Crossland High School haunted house. They had never been before. After attending the haunted house, Greg and Rowley decide they will create their own haunted house in Rowley's basement. What is Greg's motive for having a haunted house and what obstacles do Greg and Rowley encounter while trying to create the haunted house?

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