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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 show that characters are not really paying attention.
(b) To show the reader what is important.
(c) To be funny.
(d) To make sure the reader knows how serious the problem is.

2. 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) It is just a prank.
(c) The students are just trying to be disrespectful.
(d) The students are teaching Mrs. Granger an important lesson.

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

4. When Mr. Allen asks Nick to put an end to everyone using the word "frindle," what does Nick tell him?
(a) It will probably die out on its own.
(b) He wishes that his father would be on his side.
(c) He will do his best.
(d) It is not really under his control anymore.

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

6. 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 copy of Mrs. Granger's "frindle" punishment policy.
(b) The fifth grade class picture.
(c) A statement from Nick.
(d) A pen labeled "frindle."

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

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

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

10. Who tells Nick that calling a pen a "frindle" is a funny idea?
(a) Pete.
(b) John.
(c) Mrs. Granger.
(d) Janet.

11. 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) 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 stand together and spell out the letters "F-R-I-N-D-L-E" with their hands in the class photo.
(d) The fifth graders hold up pens and say "frindle" when their class picture is taken.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nick choose to introduce his new word to the school?

2. What does Mrs. Granger tell Nick about the word "pen"?

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

4. On page 67 of Chapter Eleven, "Extra! Extra! Read All About It!" there is a reference to "Mr. Webster." Who is Mr. Webster?

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

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