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

2. Who is Alice Lunderson?

3. Who is Mrs. Margaret Chatham?

4. What is in the envelope that gets delivered to the newspaper reporter at work on the morning after she interviews people at the school?

5. Why does Mrs. Granger not give Nick the letter that she has written to him?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

Do you think that Mrs. Granger is a good teacher? What things does she do that probably make her a good teacher? What things do you think she could do better? Why do you think these things--that is, what do you think is important in a teacher, and what evidence do you have from the story that Mrs. Granger does or does not measure up to your standards?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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