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

2. Who is Nick's fourth-grade teacher?

3. Why did Nick's mother buy him a new dictionary?

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

5. What is Nick's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Two, "Mrs. Granger," who is Mrs. Granger, and what kind of a person is she?

2. In Chapter One, "Nick," how does Nick turn his classroom into a tropical island?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mrs. Granger's letter changes the way the reader sees her and changes the way the reader understands certain parts of the story. Explain what is in Mrs. Granger's letter and how the things that this letter reveals change the reader's understanding.

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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