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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 Mrs. Freed?

2. Who is Mrs. Margaret Chatham?

3. Who tells the reporter "Mrs. Granger has kept Nick after school so much that everyone thinks she wants to adopt him" (63)?

4. What does Mrs. Allen tell Mrs. Chatham when Mrs. Chatham finishes explaining the problem at school?

5. Where does Nick choose to introduce his new word to the school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is funny about the reporter's conversation with the students outside the school?

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

5. After class on the first day that Nick uses the word "frindle" in class, what does Mrs. Granger tell him?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Nick's mom and dad react differently when the principal comes to their house to talk to them about what is happening at school. How does each react, and do you think that they both have a good point or that one is more right than the other? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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