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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prank does Nick play in his third-grade classroom?
(a) He convinces the teacher that his name is "Jeff."
(b) He turns his class into a tropical island.
(c) He hides the dictionaries.
(d) He makes bird noises.

2. What does Mrs. Granger like very, very much?
(a) The encyclopedia.
(b) The library.
(c) The dictionary.
(d) The thesaurus.

3. What question is Mrs. Granger answering when she says "You do, Nicholas" (29)?
(a) Who wastes time in class?
(b) Who sets a bad example for other students?
(c) Who knows the most about the dictionary?
(d) Who decides what words mean?

4. Who gets angry about the sand in the hallway?
(a) Nick's teacher.
(b) Manny.
(c) Mrs. Granger.
(d) Students from other classrooms.

5. Why is fifth grade different from third and fourth grades?
(a) The fifth graders are expected to do work in the summertime, before school starts.
(b) The fifth graders get an extra recess because they are older.
(c) It is more serious because students are getting ready for middle school.
(d) It is at a different school building.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Four, "Word Detective," what are the neighborhood kids doing while Nick does homework?

2. What is different for Nick about the homework in Mrs. Granger's class?

3. Why do Nick and Janet miss the bus?

4. Why does Nick not use the introduction to his dictionary to write his report?

5. Why does Mrs. Granger finally cut Nick off and end his report?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter One, "Nick," how do the different school staff members react to Nick's "tropical island"?

2. What "question" does the title of Chapter Three refer to, and what happens when that question is asked?

3. What evidence is there in Chapter 4, "Word Detective," that Nick's family values reading?

4. Who is James, and what does he have to do with Nick's homework?

5. In Chapter Four, "Word Detective," why is Nick upset about doing his homework?

6. In Chapter Six, "The Big Idea," how does Nick put his "frindle" plan into action?

7. What question does Nick ask at the end of class in Chapter Five, "The Report," and how does Mrs. Granger respond?

8. In Chapter One, "Nick," what does Nick discover about blackbirds, and what does he do about it?

9. In Chapter Two, "Mrs. Granger," who is Mrs. Granger, and what kind of a person is she?

10. In Chapter One, "Nick," how does Nick turn his classroom into a tropical island?

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