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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. What question does Mrs. Granger stop Nick's report to ask at the very beginning?

2. What does Mrs. Granger say about the dictionary?

3. What is the first important thing that happens when Nick and Janet are walking home together after school?

4. Who is Nick's fifth-grade language arts teacher?

5. In Chapter Six, "The Big Idea," what word does Nick remember inventing when he was two years old?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter One, "Nick," how does Nick turn his classroom into a tropical island?

2. How does Mrs. Avery react to Nick's blackbird noise?

3. In Chapter Four, "Word Detective," why is Nick upset about doing his homework?

4. In Chapter Six, "The Big Idea," how does Nick put his "frindle" plan into action?

5. In Chapter One, "Nick," what does Nick discover about blackbirds, and what does he do about it?

6. Explain the three steps that lead to Nick's "frindle" plan.

7. What question does Nick ask at the end of class in Chapter Five, "The Report," and how does Mrs. Granger respond?

8. In Chapter Two, "Mrs. Granger," who is Mrs. Granger, and what kind of a person is she?

9. What evidence is there in Chapter 4, "Word Detective," that Nick's family values reading?

10. In Chapter One, "Nick," how do the different school staff members react to Nick's "tropical island"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Choose a word that was invented within the past twenty years and is now a part of the dictionary. Write an essay about where the word came from and how it spread. Make sure to give credit to your sources.

Essay Topic 3

"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.

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