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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 Mr. Allen do with the money from the sale of "frindle" items?
(a) He buys Nick a new bike.
(b) He gives it to Nick and tells him he can decide what to do with it.
(c) He starts a secret bank account for Nick.
(d) He uses it to pay for a family vacation.

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

3. What makes the school secretary irritated when the newspaper reporter asks her about "frindle"?
(a) She has never really like Nick.
(b) She thinks that making up a word is ridiculous.
(c) She has to talk to parents about it all day.
(d) She is tired of talking to reporters.

4. Who is Judy Morgan?
(a) The school principal.
(b) The school secretary.
(c) A newspaper reporter.
(d) A television reporter.

5. What does Bud Lawrence do?
(a) He writes a new dictionary with the word "frindle" in it.
(b) He interviews Nick for the television news.
(c) He follows Nick around town teasing him.
(d) He creates pens with the word "frindle" on them.

Short Answer 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?

2. Why does the author have many different characters repeat the sentence, "What is the meaning of this?" (68-69)?

3. Where does Nick choose to introduce his new word to the school?

4. Who tells Nick that calling a pen a "frindle" is a funny idea?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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