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

2. Where does Nick choose to introduce his new word to the school?
(a) Mrs. Granger's class.
(b) The school newspaper.
(c) In the hallway before school starts.
(d) The lunchroom.

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

4. On page 67 of Chapter Eleven, "Extra! Extra! Read All About It!" there is a reference to "Mr. Webster." Who is Mr. Webster?
(a) The newspaper reporter's boss.
(b) The author of a famous dictionary.
(c) Another person who was famous for making up words.
(d) The school board principal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the reporter "Mrs. Granger has kept Nick after school so much that everyone thinks she wants to adopt him" (63)?

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

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

5. What is one of the nicknames that the students have for Mrs. Granger?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Judy Morgan end up writing a story about the "frindle"?

2. What is funny about the reporter's conversation with the students outside the school?

3. After class on the first day that Nick uses the word "frindle" in class, what does Mrs. Granger tell him?

4. What happens when the fifth grade picture is taken?

5. After they first hear the word "frindle," how do the class and Mrs. Granger react?

6. When the school principal comes to visit his parents, what game does it make Nick think of, and who does he think his mother and Mrs. Chatham are, in that game?

7. In Chapter Eight, "Mightier than the Sword," how does Nick feel when Mrs. Granger asks him to stay and talk to her after school, and why does he feel this way?

8. What reactions do Nick's mother and the school district have to the newspaper article about "frindle"?

9. What happens when Pete suggests that they try to get all of the fifth graders to ask Mrs. Granger for a "frindle"?

10. When the television reporter comes to interview Nick, what two things does Mrs. Allen do to try to make sure that the interview goes well?

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