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The Story 2
The Story 3
The Story 4
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the principal of Lincoln Elementary
What is Mrs. Chatham
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What did Nick turn his third grade class into? A. jungle B. house C. beach D. a business
What is beach
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What did Nick compare the word war for frindle to? A. a chess game B. a game C. nothing important D. none of the above
What is a chess game
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Nick Allen is in 5th grade at which school?
What is Lincoln Elementary School
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A delaying question or "teacher stopper" gets Nick out of ____________.
What is homework
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Nick's friend, who was with him when he first used the word frindle
What is Janet Fisk
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What was the great blackbird discovery?
What is when Nick started using high pitched peeps in class to disrupt his teacher
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What inspired Nick to create the word frindle?
What is Mrs. Granger told Nick that words are what we say they are. He thought of the made up word gwagala and how it meant music to him as a kid.
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What subject does Mrs. Granger teach?
What is ELA
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Explain what happened to students who were caught chewing gum by Mrs. Granger.
What is they had to put the gum on an index card and wear it on their shirt all day then get their parents' signature on it
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the reporter from the Westfield Gazette who wrote the article about Frindlemania
What is Judy Morgan
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What age was Nick when frindle was put in the dictionary? A. 11 B. 9 C. 21 D. 19
What is 21
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What happens to the money Nick earns from the sales of frindle merchandise?
What is it goes in a trust fund until he turns 21
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Mrs. Granger says that _______________ decide what words mean. A. the president, B. people, C. the author of the dictionary D. computers
What is people
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Why was the 5th grade class picture significant?
What is the whole 5th grade held up a pen and said frindle, so the word spread throughout the school.
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the ELA teacher who loved dictionaries
What is Mrs. Granger
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What is a frindle?
What is a pen
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What punishment was given to any student who used the word frindle in front of Mrs. Granger?
What is they had to stay after school and write "I am writing this sentence with a pen" several times.
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What does Mrs. Granger tell Nick in the letter he receives from her his junior year of college?
What is the word frindle has been added to the dictionary; she was rooting for the word all along
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Explain how Nick's word spread throughout the country and the world.
What is it was in the newspaper, then on tv, and Bud Lawrence sold frindle merchandise all over the country/world
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the businessman in town who applied for a trademark for the word frindle and began making frindle merchandise
What is Bud Lawrence
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What did Mrs. Granger give Nick for Christmas when he was 21 years old?
What is A. a pet, B. a dictionary with a special word in it, C. a watch
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Why did Nick's dad keep the money a secret?
What is he didn't want Nick to blow all the money
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What does Nick send Mrs. Granger?
What is a new gold fountain pen
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Who ultimately won the frindle war? How do you know?
What is Nick because the word frindle was added to the dictionary