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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 job opens up for the school newspaper in February?

2. What does Greg do to try and be friends with Rowley again in March?

3. Whose office does Rowley get called to at the beginning of March?

4. How far away does Greg keep away from Fregley?

5. What does Greg try to sneak onto Mr. Worth's chair in May?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. When Greg and Rowley get into a fight at the end of the school year, how does Greg feel about his chances?

9. Why does Greg want to get voted onto the Class Favorites page?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the year, Greg and Rowley get into a fight that some teenagers end up egging on, which leads Rowley to eat the dreaded Cheese. Greg ends up telling the teenagers he is allergic, so that he does not have to eat it. Why does Greg allow Rowley to take the punishment, and how does Greg try to make himself look better, even though he clearly chickens out at the time of the fight?

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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