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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 prank does Nick play in his third-grade classroom?

2. What is the name of the dictionary writer that Nick tells the class about?

3. What state does Nick live in?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Four, "Word Detective," why is Nick upset about doing his 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 One, "Nick," what does Nick discover about blackbirds, and what does he do about it?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

"Freedom of speech" does not mean that everyone is allowed to say whatever they want without having to face any consequences--it just means that the government is not allowed to stop people from saying what they want to say. Choose an example from real life or from a story when a person chose to express an idea that other people disagreed with. Explain what the idea was and what consequences the speaker faced. Finally, in the end of your essay, explain whether you think these consequences were fair, and why. Make sure to give credit to your sources.

Essay Topic 3

If you were a language arts teacher and one of your students made up a new word, how would you react? Give details of how you would feel, what you would say and do, and explain why.

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