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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the author have many different characters repeat the sentence, "What is the meaning of this?" (68-69)?
(a) To be funny.
(b) To show that characters are not really paying attention.
(c) To show the reader what is important.
(d) To make sure the reader knows how serious the problem is.

2. What does Bud Lawrence do?
(a) He creates pens with the word "frindle" on them.
(b) He interviews Nick for the television news.
(c) He writes a new dictionary with the word "frindle" in it.
(d) He follows Nick around town teasing him.

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

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?
(a) Noggin.
(b) Jelly.
(c) Squirt.
(d) Quiz.

5. What does the school principal tell the newspaper reporter about the "frindle" problem?
(a) The students are just trying to be disrespectful.
(b) It is just a false rumor, and nothing really happened.
(c) The students are teaching Mrs. Granger an important lesson.
(d) It is just a prank.

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

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

8. Why does the newspaper article stir up trouble?
(a) It contains lies about the school.
(b) It contains lies about Nick.
(c) It asks everyone in town to start using the word "frindle."
(d) It is very dramatic.

9. 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 knows it upsets her.
(c) He is trying to make an important point about language.
(d) He has a right to speak however he chooses.

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

11. On page 67 of Chapter Eleven, "Extra! Extra! Read All About It!" there is a reference to "Mr. Webster." Who is Mr. Webster?
(a) The author of a famous dictionary.
(b) The school board principal.
(c) Another person who was famous for making up words.
(d) The newspaper reporter's boss.

12. How does Nick feel after the newspaper article is published?
(a) Excited and happy.
(b) Sad and worried.
(c) Awkward and pressured.
(d) Angry and embarrassed.

13. Who tells the reporter "Mrs. Granger has kept Nick after school so much that everyone thinks she wants to adopt him" (63)?
(a) John.
(b) Nick.
(c) Pete.
(d) Janet.

14. What do the students tell the reporter they have started doing with the word "frindle"?
(a) They are trying to get their older siblings to start using the word, too.
(b) They have started writing it in their punishment sentences.
(c) They are trying to use it in assignments whenever they can.
(d) They are making t-shirts with the word on them.

15. Why does Mrs. Granger not give Nick the letter that she has written to him?
(a) She says that she is not yet sure she wants to give it to him.
(b) She wants to read it out loud to him.
(c) She says that she will only send it if he keeps using the word "frindle."
(d) She does not want him to read it until after everything is over.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the students at Nick's school react when they hear about the class picture?

2. Who is Mrs. Margaret Chatham?

3. How does Mrs. Granger respond to the students using the word so much after picture day?

4. After his meeting with Mrs. Granger in Chapter Eight, "Mightier than the Sword," what does Nick suddenly realize?

5. Who is Mrs. Freed?

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