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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 teenagers do to Rowley to get back at him for Halloween?

2. Why does Greg think substitutes are comic gold?

3. Who catches Greg messing with Manny's snowman?

4. What happens to Greg and Rowley after Rowley realizes what happened to the snowball?

5. What game does Fregley want to play with Greg?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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

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 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

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?

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