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

3. 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) The fifth grade class picture.
(d) A statement from Nick.

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

5. What do Nick and his friends plan for school picture day?
(a) The fifth graders hold up pens and say "frindle" when their class picture is taken.
(b) All of the fifth graders tape a picture of a pen labeled "frindle" to their shirts before getting their pictures taken.
(c) He and his friends all hold up signs that say "frindle" during the class photo.
(d) 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.

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

7. 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) Jelly.
(b) Noggin.
(c) Squirt.
(d) Quiz.

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

9. When Mrs. Granger asks Nick to stay after school, how does he feel?
(a) Excited.
(b) Scared.
(c) Regretful.
(d) Angry.

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

11. 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 very sorry that her son has been disrespectful.
(d) She is embarrassed that Nick ruined the fifth grade picture.

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

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

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

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