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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Nick and his friends plan for school picture day?
(a) He and his friends all hold up signs that say "frindle" during the class photo.
(b) He and his friends stand together and spell out the letters "F-R-I-N-D-L-E" with their hands in the class photo.
(c) All of the fifth graders tape a picture of a pen labeled "frindle" to their shirts before getting their pictures taken.
(d) The fifth graders hold up pens and say "frindle" when their class picture is taken.

2. Who has the idea to get every fifth grader to ask Mrs. Granger for a "frindle"?
(a) Janet.
(b) Pete.
(c) John.
(d) Nick.

3. What reason does Nick give Mrs. Granger for not stopping using the word "frindle"?
(a) He and his friends have taken an oath.
(b) He has a right to speak however he chooses.
(c) He knows it upsets her.
(d) He is trying to make an important point about language.

4. Who is Mrs. Margaret Chatham?
(a) The president of the school board.
(b) Pete's mother.
(c) Nick's fifth grade math teacher.
(d) The school principal.

5. Where does Nick choose to introduce his new word to the school?
(a) Mrs. Granger's class.
(b) In the hallway before school starts.
(c) The lunchroom.
(d) The school newspaper.

6. While they are talking with Mrs. Chatham, how does Nick's father look?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Bored.
(c) Angry.
(d) Amused.

7. Who is Judy Morgan?
(a) The school secretary.
(b) A newspaper reporter.
(c) A television reporter.
(d) The school principal.

8. Why does the photographer not just take a different picture of the fifth grade class?
(a) He is out of film.
(b) He thinks that the picture is funny.
(c) He does not realize what they have done.
(d) There is not enough time.

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

10. What does Mrs. Allen tell Mrs. Chatham when Mrs. Chatham finishes explaining the problem at school?
(a) She is very sorry that her son has been disrespectful.
(b) She wants her son removed from Mrs. Granger's class.
(c) She is embarrassed that Nick ruined the fifth grade picture.
(d) She thinks that the school is making a big deal over nothing.

11. Who is Alice Lunderson?
(a) The school principal.
(b) A television reporter.
(c) A newspaper reporter.
(d) The school secretary.

12. What is happening in Mrs. Granger's room when the newspaper reporter arrives?
(a) A school newspaper meeting.
(b) The room is completely empty.
(c) After school detention.
(d) Nick's language arts class.

13. Who tells the reporter "it is not a battle" (61)?
(a) Mrs. Allen.
(b) Mrs. Chatham.
(c) Mrs. Granger.
(d) Nick.

14. Who is Mrs. Freed?
(a) The school principal.
(b) The school secretary.
(c) A newspaper reporter.
(d) A television reporter.

15. What makes the school secretary irritated when the newspaper reporter asks her about "frindle"?
(a) She is tired of talking to reporters.
(b) She thinks that making up a word is ridiculous.
(c) She has to talk to parents about it all day.
(d) She has never really like Nick.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the reporter looks at what is in the envelope, what does she realize about her trip to the school?

2. What is the name of Nick's local newspaper?

3. Who tells the reporter "Mrs. Granger has kept Nick after school so much that everyone thinks she wants to adopt him" (63)?

4. When the "frindle" story is on the national news, what other word do they tell the audience was made up by just one person?

5. Why does the principal allow the reporter to talk to Mrs. Granger?

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