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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. When Mr. Allen asks Nick to put an end to everyone using the word "frindle," what does Nick tell him?
2. While they are talking with Mrs. Chatham, how does Nick's father look?
3. Why does the principal allow the reporter to talk to Mrs. Granger?
4. Who has the idea to get every fifth grader to ask Mrs. Granger for a "frindle"?
5. How does Nick introduce his new word?
Short Essay Questions
1. After they first hear the word "frindle," how do the class and Mrs. Granger react?
2. After what happens with the fifth grade picture, what does Mrs. Granger do?
3. 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?
4. What happens when Pete suggests that they try to get all of the fifth graders to ask Mrs. Granger for a "frindle"?
5. What happens when the fifth grade picture is taken?
6. Why does Judy Morgan end up writing a story about the "frindle"?
7. After class on the first day that Nick uses the word "frindle" in class, what does Mrs. Granger tell him?
8. 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?
9. What does Mrs. Granger tell the newspaper reporter in Chapter Ten, "Freedom of the Press"?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
There are many surprises at the end of this book. One of the important things about surprise endings is that they are supposed to be "earned." This means that even if the reader does not predict the ending, after reading it the reader should think that it makes sense with the rest of the story. An "unearned" ending is not only a surprise, but the reader has no way to see how the rest of the story leads up to it. (For instance, the story of "Little Red Riding Hood" ended with the wolf becoming a tap dancer in a Broadway show, that would certainly be surprising--but it would not make any sense with the rest of the story.) Explain why the surprises at the end of this story are either earned or not earned by the rest of the book.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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