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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 is different for Nick about the homework in Mrs. Granger's class?

2. In Chapter Six, "The Big Idea," what word does Nick remember inventing when he was two years old?

3. What is Nick's last name?

4. What does Mrs. Granger say about the dictionary?

5. What prank does Nick play in his fourth-grade classroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence is there in Chapter 4, "Word Detective," that Nick's family values reading?

2. Who is James, and what does he have to do with Nick's homework?

3. How does Mrs. Avery react to Nick's blackbird noise?

4. In Chapter Five, "The Report," what two reasons are there for Nick's nervousness about giving his report?

5. In Chapter One, "Nick," how do the different school staff members react to Nick's "tropical island"?

6. What "question" does the title of Chapter Three refer to, and what happens when that question is asked?

7. What question does Nick ask at the end of class in Chapter Five, "The Report," and how does Mrs. Granger respond?

8. In Chapter Five, "The Report," what is Nick's plan to waste class time, and how does Mrs. Granger react?

9. In Chapter One, "Nick," what does Nick discover about blackbirds, and what does he do about it?

10. Explain the three steps that lead to Nick's "frindle" plan.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is Nick a student that most teachers would want to have in their class? What parts of his personality make him a positive part of a class, and what parts of his personality make him troublesome?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think that Mrs. Granger is a good teacher? What things does she do that probably make her a good teacher? What things do you think she could do better? Why do you think these things--that is, what do you think is important in a teacher, and what evidence do you have from the story that Mrs. Granger does or does not measure up to your standards?

Essay Topic 3

In Frindle, Nick learns that the meanings of words come from a cultural agreement. Choose something else that is only "true" because as a culture we mostly all agree that it is true, and look up some information about your topic on the internet. (For instance, why do some cultures think that bugs are good to eat and others think that they are not? How did our standards of beauty come to be?) Write an essay about your topic, explaining what you find out in your research. Make sure to give credit to your sources.

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