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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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.

4. 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 comes from another language and so it is not really an English word, anyway.
(d) It has a long history and makes sense.

5. How does Mrs. Granger respond to the students using the word so much after picture day?
(a) She announces that she will punish anyone who uses the word "frindle."
(b) She tries to ignore it.
(c) She makes up her own silly word for "pen."
(d) She makes Nick stay after school and write an apology for the spoiled picture.

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

7. What is the name of Nick's local newspaper?
(a) The New Haven Gazette.
(b) The Westfield Journal.
(c) The Westfield Gazette.
(d) The New Haven Journal.

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

9. What is in the envelope that gets delivered to the newspaper reporter at work on the morning after she interviews people at the school?
(a) A pen labeled "frindle."
(b) A copy of Mrs. Granger's "frindle" punishment policy.
(c) A statement from Nick.
(d) The fifth grade class picture.

10. When the reporter looks at what is in the envelope, what does she realize about her trip to the school?
(a) Mrs. Granger is probably the one who is wrong about "frindle."
(b) A lot more people than she realized know about her visit to the school.
(c) There is more disruption of the school going on than people are pretending.
(d) She has already spoken to Nick Allen.

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

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

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

14. 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 school board principal.
(b) The author of a famous dictionary.
(c) Another person who was famous for making up words.
(d) The newspaper reporter's boss.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the nicknames that the students have for Mrs. Granger?

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

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

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

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