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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. Who is the author of Frindle?

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

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

4. What word does Nick invent for "pen"?

5. What is Nick's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter Six, "The Big Idea," how does Nick put his "frindle" plan into action?

5. In Chapter Four, "Word Detective," why is Nick upset about doing his homework?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

This story was written at a time when people used paper dictionaries to look up words--which was much less quick and easy than just clicking on the word and asking Google what it means. How important are words to you? Do you think that your attitude would have been more like Nick's, or more like Mrs. Granger's, under these circumstances?

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Granger talks about how fast the world is changing and how she wants to teach things that will always be valuable no matter how the world changes. Does she succeed in her goal? Explain what she wants to do with her teaching, what choices she makes as a teacher in this story, and whether she does or does not achieve her goal--at least with Nick Allen.

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