Frindle

What did Nick do after he made "the great blackbird discovery"?

• He dressed in black clothes.

• He set up several bird feeders around his home.

• He wrote, "four and twenty blackbirds" as an answer on his math test.

• He let out a "peep" during silent reading.

Why did Mrs. Granger assign Nick an oral report on dictionaries?

• She thought he knew more about dictionaries than the other students.

• He complained that Janet's question was a "teacher-stopper."

• She knew he liked to give oral reports.

• He had asked a "guaranteed-time-waster" question.

Nick understood Mrs. Granger's comment about words when he recalled....

• trying to learn the words to "Frere Jacques" in nursery school.

• using the word "gwagala" to mean music when he was very young.

• making the "great lunch discovery" by looking up the word "consumer".

• writing a list of words that rhymed with "pen".

All the kids in Nick's school began talking about the new word after....

• the fifth grade held up frindles when their group picture was taken.

• Janet Fisk campaigned for class president by hading out free frindles.

• the most popular boy in school wore a button with the word "frindle" on it.

• the school secretary used the word "frindle" during a morning announcement.

The principal visited Nick's home after....

• she found thew words "Dangerous Grangerous" written on school walls.

• his parents requested that he be transferred to another teacher's room.

• many students were kept after school for using the new word.

• Manny the custodian complained about kids throwing frindles in the hallway.

What did reporter Judy Morgan do before she visited the school office?

• She did an Internet search for the word "frindle".

• She put on a T-shirt that had the word "frindle" on it.

• She took a picture of Mrs. Granger's notice about the word "frindle".

• She re-read the "frindle oath" that Nick and his secret agents had taken.

After seeing Judy Morgan's article, Bud Lawrence asked his lawyer to.....

• legally change Mr. Lawrence's first name to "Frindle".

• hire Nick Allen as a creative consultant.

• sue Mrs. Granger for violating students' civli rights.

• file a preliminary trademark claim on the word "frindle".

What did Mrs. Granger tell Nick on the last day of school?

• She was the person who had secretly sen the class picture to Judy Morgan.

• She hoped he would become a teacher.

• She was proud of the way he had behaved.

• She hoped he now appreciated how much others suffer when one acts foolishly.

Mrs. Granger meant for Nick to read her letter from fifth grade after...

• a son or daughter of his own was born.

• Mr. Lawrence had sold his 10 millionth frindle.

• the word "frindle" had been added to the dictionary.

• Nick had published his first novel.

After reading the letter, what did Nick understand about Mrs. Granger?

• She was a lonely woman who hated change.

• She had been rooting for "frindle" all along.

• She did not want his forgiveness for posting the "frindle notice".

• She wanted their "little chess match" to continue.