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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What school does Nick go to?
2. Why did Nick's mother buy him a new dictionary?
3. In Chapter Six, "The Big Idea," what word does Nick remember inventing when he was two years old?
4. What is "phase two" of Nick's plan for his report?
5. Who is Nick's fifth-grade language arts teacher?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter Five, "The Report," what two reasons are there for Nick's nervousness about giving his report?
2. What question does Nick ask at the end of class in Chapter Five, "The Report," and how does Mrs. Granger respond?
3. In Chapter Six, "The Big Idea," how does Nick put his "frindle" plan into action?
4. What "question" does the title of Chapter Three refer to, and what happens when that question is asked?
5. What evidence is there in Chapter 4, "Word Detective," that Nick's family values reading?
6. Who is James, and what does he have to do with Nick's homework?
7. In Chapter Four, "Word Detective," why is Nick upset about doing his homework?
8. In Chapter Two, "Mrs. Granger," who is Mrs. Granger, and what kind of a person is she?
9. In Chapter One, "Nick," how do the different school staff members react to Nick's "tropical island"?
10. In Chapter One, "Nick," how does Nick turn his classroom into a tropical island?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose a word that was invented within the past twenty years and is now a part of the dictionary. Write an essay about where the word came from and how it spread. Make sure to give credit to your sources.
Essay Topic 2
If you were a language arts teacher and one of your students made up a new word, how would you react? Give details of how you would feel, what you would say and do, and explain why.
Essay Topic 3
What is your favorite word, and why? Write an essay that explains what about this word makes it just right to be your favorite word--show how the word relates to things you care about, your personality, or your beliefs about the world.
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