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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 the reporter looks at what is in the envelope, what does she realize about her trip to the school?
2. When the "frindle" story is on the national news, what other word do they tell the audience was made up by just one person?
3. When Mr. Allen asks Nick to put an end to everyone using the word "frindle," what does Nick tell him?
4. What do Nick and his friends plan for school picture day?
5. Why does the author have many different characters repeat the sentence, "What is the meaning of this?" (68-69)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Judy Morgan end up writing a story about the "frindle"?
2. 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?
3. After what happens with the fifth grade picture, what does Mrs. Granger do?
4. What is "freedom of the press," and how is it related to this book?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. After class on the first day that Nick uses the word "frindle" in class, what does Mrs. Granger tell him?
8. After they first hear the word "frindle," how do the class and Mrs. Granger react?
9. What reactions do Nick's mother and the school district have to the newspaper article about "frindle"?
10. What happens when the fifth grade picture is taken?
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
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 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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