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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. How do the students at Nick's school react when they hear about the class picture?
(a) They think it is great that Nick and his friends upset the teachers.
(b) They all start using the word "frindle."
(c) They all try to think of something funny to do in their class pictures.
(d) They think it was wrong to spoil the picture.

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

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

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

5. 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) A lot more people than she realized know about her visit to the school.
(c) There is more disruption of the school going on than people are pretending.
(d) Mrs. Granger is probably the one who is wrong about "frindle."

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Nick give Mrs. Granger for not stopping using the word "frindle"?

2. What does Bud Lawrence do?

3. What makes the school secretary irritated when the newspaper reporter asks her about "frindle"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. After what happens with the fifth grade picture, what does Mrs. Granger do?

3. 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?

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

5. What does Mrs. Granger tell the newspaper reporter in Chapter Ten, "Freedom of the Press"?

6. 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?

7. What starts happening to Nick at school and around town after the newspaper article is printed, and how does he feel about it?

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

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

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

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