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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. Why does the newspaper article stir up trouble?

2. How do the students at Nick's school react when they hear about the class picture?

3. What makes the school secretary irritated when the newspaper reporter asks her about "frindle"?

4. After his meeting with Mrs. Granger in Chapter Eight, "Mightier than the Sword," what does Nick suddenly realize?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Mrs. Granger tell the newspaper reporter in Chapter Ten, "Freedom of the Press"?

5. When the school principal comes to visit his parents, what game does it make Nick think of, and who does he think his mother and Mrs. Chatham are, in that game?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"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 2

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 3

What is Mrs. Chatham's real attitude toward the "frindle" situation? Think about what she says when she speaks with Nick's parents, what she says to the reporter, and what she says to Mrs. Granger. Why does she say slightly different things to different people? What things always stay the same, no matter who she speaks to? Explain using evidence from the story what you think her real feelings are, and why.

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