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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. Who tells the reporter "it is not a battle" (61)?

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

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

4. Who is Mrs. Margaret Chatham?

5. How does Nick feel after the newspaper article is published?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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's letter changes the way the reader sees her and changes the way the reader understands certain parts of the story. Explain what is in Mrs. Granger's letter and how the things that this letter reveals change the reader's understanding.

Essay Topic 3

What is Mrs. Chatham's real attitude toward the "frindle" situation? Think about what she says when she speaks with Nick's parents, what she says to the reporter, and what she says to Mrs. Granger. Why does she say slightly different things to different people? What things always stay the same, no matter who she speaks to? Explain using evidence from the story what you think her real feelings are, and why.

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