Chapter 1/2
Chapter 3/4
Chapter 5
100

In chapter one of Frindle, what word best describes Nick Allen?


A) troublemaker           B) noisy

 C) creative                  D) outcast

Troublemaker

100

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.

100

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.

200

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.

200

 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.

200

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.

300

 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.

300

 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

300

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.

400

What are three adjectives that describe Mrs. Granger?

A) lax, sweet, friendly

B) strict, stern, confident

C) silly, funny, mischievous

B) strict, stern, confident

400

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

400

Why was Nick Taking so much time to read his report?

To waste Time

500

 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.

500

How many vocabulary words did Mrs. Granger assign?

35

500

Once the kids realized what Nick was doing, how did they respond?

 A) They acted bored

B) They seemed fascinated

B) They seemed fascinated