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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. Why does the author have many different characters repeat the sentence, "What is the meaning of this?" (68-69)?
(a) To be funny.
(b) To make sure the reader knows how serious the problem is.
(c) To show that characters are not really paying attention.
(d) To show the reader what is important.

2. Why does the principal allow the reporter to talk to Mrs. Granger?
(a) Because Mrs. Granger asked to talk to the reporter.
(b) Because she really cannot stop it from happening, anyway.
(c) Because she thinks that Mrs. Granger will do a good job defending the school.
(d) Because she does not think that Mrs. Granger will be willing to talk to the reporter.

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

4. While they are talking with Mrs. Chatham, how does Nick's father look?
(a) Bored.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Amused.

5. Why does the photographer not just take a different picture of the fifth grade class?
(a) There is not enough time.
(b) He thinks that the picture is funny.
(c) He is out of film.
(d) He does not realize what they have done.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Judy Morgan?

3. How do the students at Nick's school react when they hear about the class picture?

4. How does Nick feel after the newspaper article is published?

5. When the "frindle" story is on the national news, what other word do they tell the audience was made up by just one person?

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

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. 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?

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

10. 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?

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