Chapter 1/2
In chapter one of Frindle, what word best describes Nick Allen?
A) troublemaker B) noisy
C) creative D) outcast
Troublemaker
In chapter three of Frindle, what does Nick want to prevent from happening?
A) He wants to prevent Mrs. Granger from assigning homework.
B) He wants to prevent a vocabulary pretest.
C) He wants to prevent himself from doing an oral report.
D) He wants to prevent the kids from taking his lunch.
A) He wants to prevent Mrs. Granger from assigning homework.
In chapter five of Frindle, how does Mrs. Granger say that words get their meaning?
A)They get their meaning from wordsmiths who create dictionaries.
B)They get their meaning by consensus, when people agree on the meaning.
B)They get their meaning by consensus, when people agree on the meaning.
In chapter one of Frindle, what does Nick do in third grade?
A) Nick gets his classmates to help him turn the classroom into an island.
B) Nick invents a new word.
C) Nick sleeps in and is late for school once a week.
D) Nick watches a science program and learns about blackbirds.
A) Nick gets his classmates to help him turn the classroom into an island.
In chapter three of Frindle, what is the result of Nick's teacher-stopper question?
A) Mrs. Granger forgets to give homework.
B) Mrs. Granger gives a vocabulary pre-test.
C) Mrs. Granger assigns him extra work.
D) Mrs. Granger tells an interesting story.
C) Mrs. Granger assigns him extra work.
In chapter five of Frindle, why is Nick nervous?
A) He forgot to do his homework.
B) He has a vocabulary test.
C) He has to go clothes shopping after school.
D) He has to give a report on the dictionary in Mrs. Granger's class.
D) He has to give a report on the dictionary in Mrs. Granger's class.
In chapter one of Frindle, what does Nick do to imitate a blackbird?
A) He wears black and red.
B) He makes a high-pitched peeping noise.
C) He makes a nest out of his desk.
D) He gets all of his classmates to wear feathers in their hair.
B) He makes a high-pitched peeping noise.
In chapter four of Frindle, where does Nick find information for his report?
A) In the encyclopedia
B) At the public library
C) In his language arts textbook
D) Online
A) In the encyclopedia
In chapter five of Frindle, what is Nick's plan to trick Mrs. Granger?
A) He reads an article from his dictionary instead of writing his own report.
B) He uses up almost the entire class period giving his report.
B) He uses up almost the entire class period giving his report.
What are three adjectives that describe Mrs. Granger?
A) lax, sweet, friendly
B) strict, stern, confident
C) silly, funny, mischievous
B) strict, stern, confident
In chapter four of Frindle, what is Nick researching?
A) The definitions of the week's vocabulary words
B) The origin of words
C) The correct way to use an encyclopedia
D) Dictionary skills
B) The origin of words
Why was Nick Taking so much time to read his report?
To waste Time
How is the 5th grade different than the other grades?
A) They get real letter grades this year.
B) No morning recess.
C) PASSING classes.
A) They get real letter grades this year.
How many vocabulary words did Mrs. Granger assign?
35
Once the kids realized what Nick was doing, how did they respond?
A) They acted bored
B) They seemed fascinated
B) They seemed fascinated