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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. What is in the envelope that gets delivered to the newspaper reporter at work on the morning after she interviews people at the school?
(a) A pen labeled "frindle."
(b) A copy of Mrs. Granger's "frindle" punishment policy.
(c) A statement from Nick.
(d) The fifth grade class picture.

2. Why does the newspaper article stir up trouble?
(a) It contains lies about Nick.
(b) It asks everyone in town to start using the word "frindle."
(c) It is very dramatic.
(d) It contains lies about the school.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the photographer not just take a different picture of the fifth grade class?

5. What does the school principal tell the newspaper reporter about the "frindle" problem?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 the fifth grade picture is taken?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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?

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