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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 67 of Chapter Eleven, "Extra! Extra! Read All About It!" there is a reference to "Mr. Webster." Who is Mr. Webster?
(a) Another person who was famous for making up words.
(b) The school board principal.
(c) The author of a famous dictionary.
(d) The newspaper reporter's boss.

2. Who is Mrs. Margaret Chatham?
(a) The president of the school board.
(b) Pete's mother.
(c) Nick's fifth grade math teacher.
(d) The school principal.

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

4. How do the students at Nick's school react when they hear about the class picture?
(a) They all try to think of something funny to do in their class pictures.
(b) They think it is great that Nick and his friends upset the teachers.
(c) They all start using the word "frindle."
(d) They think it was wrong to spoil the picture.

5. Who is Judy Morgan?
(a) The school principal.
(b) The school secretary.
(c) A newspaper reporter.
(d) A television reporter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Nick that calling a pen a "frindle" is a funny idea?

2. Who is Alice Lunderson?

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

4. What is happening in Mrs. Granger's room when the newspaper reporter arrives?

5. What is one of the nicknames that the students have for Mrs. Granger?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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