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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 is happening in Mrs. Granger's room when the newspaper reporter arrives?

2. While they are talking with Mrs. Chatham, how does Nick's father look?

3. When the "frindle" story is on the national news, what other word do they tell the audience was made up by just one person?

4. Who tells Nick that calling a pen a "frindle" is a funny idea?

5. How does Nick introduce his new word?

Short Essay Questions

1. After what happens with the fifth grade picture, what does Mrs. Granger do?

2. What happens when Pete suggests that they try to get all of the fifth graders to ask Mrs. Granger for a "frindle"?

3. What reactions do Nick's mother and the school district have to the newspaper article about "frindle"?

4. After they first hear the word "frindle," how do the class and Mrs. Granger react?

5. What starts happening to Nick at school and around town after the newspaper article is printed, and how does he feel about it?

6. What happens when the fifth grade picture is taken?

7. In Chapter Eight, "Mightier than the Sword," how does Nick feel when Mrs. Granger asks him to stay and talk to her after school, and why does he feel this way?

8. When the television reporter comes to interview Nick, what two things does Mrs. Allen do to try to make sure that the interview goes well?

9. What is "freedom of the press," and how is it related to this book?

10. Why does Judy Morgan end up writing a story about the "frindle"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One type of prejudice that Nick's school shows is prejudice against nonstandard dialects of English. What is another type of prejudice that is sometimes shown in schools? What can be done to fix this problem? Be sure to give credit to any sources that you use as you write about prejudice in schools.

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

"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.

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