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

2. Who tells the reporter "it is not a battle" (61)?
(a) Mrs. Chatham.
(b) Mrs. Allen.
(c) Mrs. Granger.
(d) Nick.

3. Why does Mrs. Granger not give Nick the letter that she has written to him?
(a) She says that she will only send it if he keeps using the word "frindle."
(b) She does not want him to read it until after everything is over.
(c) She wants to read it out loud to him.
(d) She says that she is not yet sure she wants to give it to him.

4. Why does the newspaper article stir up trouble?
(a) It contains lies about Nick.
(b) It contains lies about the school.
(c) It is very dramatic.
(d) It asks everyone in town to start using the word "frindle."

5. What is happening in Mrs. Granger's room when the newspaper reporter arrives?
(a) Nick's language arts class.
(b) After school detention.
(c) A school newspaper meeting.
(d) The room is completely empty.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 67 of Chapter Eleven, "Extra! Extra! Read All About It!" there is a reference to "Mr. Webster." Who is Mr. Webster?

2. What is in the envelope that gets delivered to the newspaper reporter at work on the morning after she interviews people at the school?

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

4. What is the name of Nick's local newspaper?

5. What does Mrs. Granger tell Nick about the word "pen"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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