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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. How do the students at Nick's school react when they hear about the class picture?
3. When Mrs. Granger asks Nick to stay after school, how does he feel?
4. Why does the newspaper article stir up trouble?
5. What does Mr. Allen do with the money from the sale of "frindle" items?
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. Why does Judy Morgan end up writing a story about the "frindle"?
3. What is funny about the reporter's conversation with the students outside the school?
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 television reporter comes to interview Nick, what two things does Mrs. Allen do to try to make sure that the interview goes well?
6. What does Mrs. Granger tell the newspaper reporter in Chapter Ten, "Freedom of the Press"?
7. What happens when Pete suggests that they try to get all of the fifth graders to ask Mrs. Granger for a "frindle"?
8. What happens when the fifth grade picture is taken?
9. After they first hear the word "frindle," how do the class and Mrs. Granger react?
10. What is "freedom of the press," and how is it related to this book?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Mrs. Granger talks about how fast the world is changing and how she wants to teach things that will always be valuable no matter how the world changes. Does she succeed in her goal? Explain what she wants to do with her teaching, what choices she makes as a teacher in this story, and whether she does or does not achieve her goal--at least with Nick Allen.
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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