Characters/Setting
Before 5th Grade
Main Events #1
Main Events #2
Vocabulary Review
100

What is the setting of Frindle? (City and state)

Westfield, Illinois

100

How many people are in Nick's family, including him?

4

100

What did Mrs. Granger insist that all student have at home?

a dictionary

100

How did Mrs. Granger try to stop the kids from using the new words?

She made them stay after school and write sentences

100

I am a word which means to have sole ownership and control of.

A. etymological

B. worshipped

C. monopoly

D. acquired

C. monopoly

200

In what time period does Frindle take place?

Modern times
200

What happened every week in Mrs. Avery's 4th grade class?

A. There was a loud peep noise.

B. Nick asked to sharpen his pencil.

C. There was a weekly spelling test.

D. The students called pens "frindles".

A. There was a loud peep noise.

200

In one of the first days of 5th grade, Nick tries to mastermind his way out of homework. What does Mrs. Granger do?

Has him research and give a report the next day

200
What is the questions that Nick's Mom, Mrs. Chatham, AND the superintendent all ask?

A. Who says dog means dog?

B. Where is Nick?

C. What is the meaning of this?!

D. What is a frindle?

C. What is the meaning of this?!

200

I am a word that means damage done to proper.

A. ruckus

B. frantically

C. committee

D. vandalism

D. vandalism

300
What is one of Mrs. Granger's iconic features?

Her eyes

300

How did Nick usually get his class out of homework assignments?

He asked distracting questions right before the end of class

300

Nick cannot stop think about which question in Chapter 5?

A. Why is this happening to me?

B. Who says dog means dog?

C. Is math even important?

D. What are you going to be when you grow up?

B. Who says dog means dog?

300

Who is Judy Morgan?  

A reporter

300

I am a word that means having to do with the study of words.

A. lexicographic

B. etymological

C. rebellion

D. oblong

B. etymological

400

Who is the "Black Queen" in Nick's "game of chess"?

Mrs. Chatham

400

Nick would best fit into which category?

A. Straight A Student

B.  A creative student, with many idea, who puts them into action

C. A student who bullies others

D. A really well behaved student

B.  A creative student, with many idea, who puts them into action

400

According to Mrs. Granger, how do words get in the dictionary?

A. We say they do

B. The publisher put them there

C. They have always been there

D. Experts put them there

A. We say they do

400

Why did Mrs. Granger ask Nick to sign the back of an envelope containing a letter from her?

A. To sign an agreement to not use the word frindle

B. As evidence to give the principal

C. To later prove that she never changed the letter

D. To remember his name in the future

C. To later prove that she never changed the letter

400

I am a word that means the set way in which things are done.

A. consumers

B. procedures

C. masterminded

D. emphasized

B. procedures

500

Who was walking home with Nick when he got the idea to call a pen a "frindle"?

A. John

B. Janet

C. His brother

D. Judy

B. Janet

500

What happened in Nick's third grade class with Miss Deaver?

A. The students went to the zoo

B. The students put on a play about rain forests

C. The class was turned into a tropical island

D. There was a fire

C. The class was turned into a tropical island

500

Compare and contrast: How does Nick's mom feel about "frindle" versus Nick's dad?

His mom thinks its a lot of fuss over nothing. His dad just wishes it would stop.

500

What word was everyone getting wrong on their spelling tests and why?

Pen because they were spelling it f-r-i-n-d-l-e

500

I am a word that means banning something from happening.

A. forbidding

B. overreaction

C. procedures

D. complex

A. forbidding