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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter Seven, ("Word Wars") through Chapter Nine, ("Chess").

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Granger tell Nick about the word "pen"?
(a) She does not like the word either, but that does not mean Nick can just replace it.
(b) It is her favorite word.
(c) It has a long history and makes sense.
(d) It comes from another language and so it is not really an English word, anyway.

2. Who gets angry about the sand in the hallway?
(a) Students from other classrooms.
(b) Nick's teacher.
(c) Mrs. Granger.
(d) Manny.

3. What is one of the nicknames that the students have for Mrs. Granger?
(a) The Lone Granger.
(b) Strange Granger.
(c) The Granginator.
(d) Mrs. Danger.

4. What word does Nick invent for "pen"?
(a) Frindle.
(b) Snimple.
(c) Grunible.
(d) Drimble.

5. What question is Mrs. Granger answering when she says "You do, Nicholas" (29)?
(a) Who sets a bad example for other students?
(b) Who decides what words mean?
(c) Who wastes time in class?
(d) Who knows the most about the dictionary?

Short Answer Questions

1. What prank does Nick play in his fourth-grade classroom?

2. Why do Nick and Janet miss the bus?

3. Why does the photographer not just take a different picture of the fifth grade class?

4. Who is Nick's fifth-grade language arts teacher?

5. When Mrs. Granger asks Nick to stay after school, how does he feel?

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