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

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

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

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

5. How does Mrs. Granger respond to the students using the word so much after picture day?
(a) She makes Nick stay after school and write an apology for the spoiled picture.
(b) She announces that she will punish anyone who uses the word "frindle."
(c) She tries to ignore it.
(d) She makes up her own silly word for "pen."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Mrs. Granger not give Nick the letter that she has written to him?

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

4. What is happening in Mrs. Granger's room when the newspaper reporter arrives?

5. Who is Mrs. Margaret Chatham?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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