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Nick
Mrs. Granger
Kids at School
Other Characters
Major Events
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At the beginning of the book, Nick was described "as not a bad kid" or "good kid" but one who always did what for himself and his friends?
Came up with plans to make to make his life and his friends' lives easier and better.
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What does Mrs. Granger love?
The dictionary
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What did Janet find on the ground when she and Nick were walking home from school?
A pen
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Why did Judy Morgan, the newspaper reporter, come to the school?
to get a news story about Nick and the frindle
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Ms. Granger would not let her students use the word "frindle." If they did, they had to do what?
Stay after school and write sentences using the word pen instead of frindle
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When was Nick supposed to do his homework?
right after school
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What did Mrs. Granger want the students to do if they didn't know a word?
Look it up in the dictionary
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Who got in trouble when Nick chirped like a blackbird?
Janet
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Why did Mrs. Chatham, the principal, feel that Nick had been disrespectful to Mrs. Granger?
Mrs. Granger had asked the students to stop saying the word and Nick had encouraged it.
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What did the 5th grade class do during their class picture?
They held up a frindle and said, "frindle"
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What was Nick's first question to Ms. Granger?
Where do dictionaries come from?
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What punishment did Mrs. Granger give to Nick after he asked her a question to waste time in class ?
He had to write an oral report on the dictionary
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Even though the students were not kept after school anymore, how did Ms. Granger fight them on the weekly spelling test?
Every week she would put pen as the first word on the list
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How did the principal act when Judy Morgan, the news reporter, was asking her questions?
She was nervous
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Mrs. Granger made Nick stay after school to give him something? What was it?
An envelope that was sealed from Mrs. Granger
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What was one thing Nick said was hard about being a hero?
He had to always be funny or clever. He was always being watched.
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Even though Ms. Granger looked small, what made her look like a giant?
Her eyes
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How many kids did Nick send into the Penny Pantry to buy a frindle?
5
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What did Judy Morgan, the news reporter, receive in the mail?
A copy of the 5th grade picture with them holding up their pens and saying frindle
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How did Nick become rich?
His dad sold the trademark name "frindle" and put the money in the bank
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When Nick couldn't understand the first sentence of the dictionary, he compared it to reading what?
The ingredients on a shampoo bottle
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What was in the package that Ms. Granger sent to Nick?
A dictionary with the word frindle in it, his letter, and her old pen with a little paper that said frindle
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How often did Nick and his friend peep like blackbirds in the classroom?
At least once a week
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What boy had Judy Morgan met, but didn't know until she looked at the picture?
Nick
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How did Nick honor and show his respect for Ms. Granger at the end of the book?
He set up a trust fund for students in her honor.