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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 does Mrs. Granger tell Nick about the word "pen"?
(a) It comes from another language and so it is not really an English word, anyway.
(b) She does not like the word either, but that does not mean Nick can just replace it.
(c) It has a long history and makes sense.
(d) It is her favorite word.

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

3. Who tells Nick that calling a pen a "frindle" is a funny idea?
(a) Mrs. Granger.
(b) Pete.
(c) John.
(d) Janet.

4. When Mrs. Granger asks Nick to stay after school, how does he feel?
(a) Scared.
(b) Angry.
(c) Excited.
(d) Regretful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the photographer not just take a different picture of the fifth grade class?

2. Who is Alice Lunderson?

3. Who has the idea to get every fifth grader to ask Mrs. Granger for a "frindle"?

4. While they are talking with Mrs. Chatham, how does Nick's father look?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What is "freedom of the press," and how is it related to this book?

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