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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 Nick's third-grade teacher?

2. Who is Nick's fifth-grade language arts teacher?

3. Why do Nick and Janet miss the bus?

4. What interesting fact about English does Mrs. Granger tell the class?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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