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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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) Squirt.
(c) Quiz.
(d) Jelly.

5. How does Nick introduce his new word?
(a) He pretends to have forgotten his pen.
(b) He starts a pretend argument about who took his pen.
(c) He puts up a poster with a pen on it.
(d) He gives everyone in class a new pen.

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

7. 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 teaching Mrs. Granger an important lesson.
(d) The students are just trying to be disrespectful.

8. What is one of the nicknames that the students have for Mrs. Granger?
(a) The Granginator.
(b) The Lone Granger.
(c) Mrs. Danger.
(d) Strange Granger.

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

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

11. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the reporter "it is not a battle" (61)?

2. What do the students tell the reporter they have started doing with the word "frindle"?

3. Why does the newspaper article stir up trouble?

4. Who tells Nick that calling a pen a "frindle" is a funny idea?

5. What does Mrs. Allen tell Mrs. Chatham when Mrs. Chatham finishes explaining the problem at school?

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