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- 1. Multiple Choice
Use Chapter 1:
Based on his actions in 3rd and 4th grade, Nick Allen could be characterized as a...
Good kid
Bad kid
Very creative kid
A troublemaker
- 2. Multiple Choice
Use Chapter 2:
Which detail would BEST support the characterization that Mrs. Granger is strict?
Mrs. Granger loves the dictionary
She pins chewing gum on students' shirts when they get caught
She sent home letters about which dictionary is "acceptable" to buy
She had a blue uniform and a red uniform
- 3. Multiple Choice
Chapter 2:
The excerpt "It was still a week before school and Nick already felt like fifth grade was going to be a very long year" is an example which technique:
Inferencing
Figurative language
Foreshadowing
Flashback
- 4. Multiple Choice
Chapter 3:
What is a "thought-grenade"? (Use pages 14 and 15)
A question used to sidetrack the teacher to delay getting homework
A really good idea
Nick's best weapon in the "frindle war"
The topic of Nick's report for the class
- 5. Multiple Choice
Chapter 4 (page 21):
"He'd be lucky to have three minutes worth. But because Nick was Nick, he suddenly had an idea and it brought a grin to his face"
What is Nick planning to do with his report?
Take up the entire class period
Get an A+
Turn his class into a beach
Teach the class about the great blackbird peep
- 6. Multiple Choice
Chapter 5 (use page 28 and 29):
Which detail supports the idea that Mrs. Granger is getting angry with Nick?
Her eyes were practically burning a hole in the chalkboard
She edged around the room
Mrs. Granger smiled at him
Mrs. Granger was beaming at him
- 7. Multiple Choice
Chapter 6:
Which of these events did NOT happen?
Janet finds a pen on the street
Nick and his friends took an oath to replace the word 'pen' with 'frindle'.
Nick remembered what Mrs. Granger said about words
Nick bought candy from the penny pantry with a frindle
- 8. Multiple Choice
Mrs. Chatham : Mrs. Granger :: ________________ : Nick
Dad
Black Queen
Mom
Bud Lawrence
- 9. Multiple Choice
Chapter 9:
Why does the author refer to Mrs. Chatham and Mom as the "black queen" and "white queen"?
The queen is the most powerful piece on the chess board and Mrs. Chatham and Mom are the most powerful pieces Nick and Mrs. Granger have.
Nick and Mrs. Granger agree to decide whether the word war is over by playing a game of chess.
Mom is in charge of things at Nick's house and Mrs. Chatham is in charge of things at the school.
None of the above
- 10. Multiple Choice
How would the story be different if Janet Fisk never found the golden pen in the street?
Nick doesn't invent the word frindle
Nick wouldn't have to do the report on the dictionary
Janet and Nick never learn about the blackbird 'peep'
The word 'quiz' would not exist
- 11. Multiple Choice
Chapter 6:
When Nick and his friends take the oath to use frindle what does the author refer to them as?
Secret agents
frindle fighters
Troublemakers
Creative
- 12. Multiple Choice
Chapter 9:
What word does Nick's dad compare frindle to?
Quiz
Gwagala
Ain't
Woozlewuzzle
- 13. Multiple Choice
Chapter 11:
Who is 'Mr. Webster'?
The dictionary
Nick's agent
Tom Allen's business partner
The man who invented the word 'quiz'
- 14. Multiple Choice
Chapter 12:
What are P's and Q's that mom tells Nick about?
Manners
Letters
Nick's grades on his report card
Letters of the alphabet
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which two people are MOST responsible for frindle becoming a "viral" word across the country?
Alice Lunderson and Judy Morgan
Bud Lawrence and Tom Allen
Bud Lawrence and Alice Lunderson
Nick Allen and Mrs. Granger
- 16. Multiple Choice
Chapter 15:
What ended the "word war"?
Frindle mania dies down
Mrs. Granger stops punishing the students
Nick tells his friends to quit using the word
Frindle becomes a real word in the dictionary
- 17. Multiple Choice
What physical characteristic helped the reader to know how Mrs. Granger was feeling?
Eyes
Smile
Clothing
Her tone of voice
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