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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. In Chapter Four, "Word Detective," what are the neighborhood kids doing while Nick does homework?
(a) Playing tag.
(b) Their own homework.
(c) Calling Nick on the phone.
(d) Playing baseball.

2. What is the first important thing that happens when Nick and Janet are walking home together after school?
(a) Nick realizes that he has the power to name things.
(b) Janet finds a pen.
(c) Nick remembers making up a word when he was two years old.
(d) Janet tells Nick that he should stop wasting their time in class.

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

4. Who puts an end to the tropical island theme in Nick's classroom?
(a) Nick's mother.
(b) The principal.
(c) Nick.
(d) The teacher.

5. Why did Nick's mother buy him a new dictionary?
(a) Nick asked her for it.
(b) Mrs. Granger asked families to do this.
(c) Their old dictionary was too hard for Nick to read.
(d) Their old dictionary was for very young children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nick's older brother's name?

2. Who gets angry about the sand in the hallway?

3. Who is Nick's fifth-grade language arts teacher?

4. What interesting fact about English does Mrs. Granger tell the class?

5. What word does Nick invent for "pen"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the three steps that lead to Nick's "frindle" plan.

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

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

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

5. In Chapter Five, "The Report," what is Nick's plan to waste class time, and how does Mrs. Granger react?

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

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

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

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

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

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