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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. What word does Nick invent for "pen"?

3. Why does Nick not use the introduction to his dictionary to write his report?

4. What question is Mrs. Granger answering when she says "You do, Nicholas" (29)?

5. What kind of bird does Nick learn to do an impression of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 3

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?

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