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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the dictionary writer that Nick tells the class about?
(a) James Redding Ware.
(b) Robert Cawdrey.
(c) Noah Webster.
(d) Samuel Johnson.

2. What is the first important thing that happens when Nick and Janet are walking home together after school?
(a) Nick realizes that he has the power to name things.
(b) Janet finds a pen.
(c) Janet tells Nick that he should stop wasting their time in class.
(d) Nick remembers making up a word when he was two years old.

3. What is different for Nick about the homework in Mrs. Granger's class?
(a) The homework is very easy for him.
(b) It is the first homework he has ever had.
(c) It is the first time he has had a lot of homework.
(d) The homework is too difficult, and he does not understand it.

4. Why do Nick and Janet miss the bus?
(a) They have a soccer game.
(b) Mrs. Granger keeps them after school.
(c) They have a school newspaper meeting.
(d) They are busy talking and lose track of time.

5. How does Nick end up with extra homework on his first day of fifth grade?
(a) He tries to distract his teacher with a question so that she forgets to give homework.
(b) He tells the teacher that he does not think that homework is a good idea.
(c) He brags to the class that he did not do any homework in fourth grade.
(d) He gets caught trying to leave class a few minutes early.

6. Who gets in trouble for the prank that Nick plays on Mrs. Avery?
(a) Janet.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Karen.

7. Why does Nick not use the introduction to his dictionary to write his report?
(a) It is above his reading level.
(b) The introduction to his dictionary is missing.
(c) It does not have any useful information.
(d) He does not realize it is there until he has already written his report.

8. Who is Nick's fifth-grade language arts teacher?
(a) Mrs. Avery.
(b) Mrs. Granger.
(c) Miss Deaver.
(d) Mrs. Allen.

9. Who is Nick's fourth-grade teacher?
(a) Mrs. Allen.
(b) Miss Deaver.
(c) Mrs. Avery.
(d) Mrs. Granger.

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

11. What kind of bird does Nick learn to do an impression of?
(a) Blue jay.
(b) Crow.
(c) Robin.
(d) Blackbird.

12. Why did Nick's mother buy him a new dictionary?
(a) Mrs. Granger asked families to do this.
(b) Their old dictionary was too hard for Nick to read.
(c) Nick asked her for it.
(d) Their old dictionary was for very young children.

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

14. Why does Mrs. Granger finally cut Nick off and end his report?
(a) Toward the end of his report, Nick just starts making things up.
(b) She knows that he is just trying to waste class time.
(c) The last part of the report does not make sense.
(d) He is repeating the same ideas over and over.

15. What kind of kid is Nick, according to the book?
(a) Really bad.
(b) Really good.
(c) Really smart.
(d) He is not any of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is fifth grade different from third and fourth grades?

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

3. What interesting fact about English does Mrs. Granger tell the class?

4. Who is the author of Frindle?

5. Who is Nick's third-grade teacher?

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