Frindle Chapters 7-12

In Chapter 7, who helps Nick introduce the work “frindle”?

• Mrs. Granger

• Janet

• John

• No-one, he does it alone.

Why does Nick drop the frindle that John throws to him to borrow?

• He is nervous and he drops it.

• He forgot his glasses.

• He wants to make sure the kids all see what is being called a frindle.

• He didn’t know John was going to throw it and he wasn’t looking.

Where does Nick choose to introduce his new word?

• at lunch

• at the store

• in the school newspaper

• in language arts class

What does the author mean when he says that John “made a big show of looking for something in his backpack,” and “made a big show of throwing (the frindle) over to Nick?

• John doesn’t want Mrs. Granger to notice what he is saying and doing.

• John wants Mrs. Granger to notice that he is using the word “frindle.”

• John likes to be in plays and skits.

• John wishes that the word “frindle” had been his idea.

Read the following sentence from the chapter:

“Mrs. Granger and every kid in the class got the message loud and clear.”

This sentence shows that -

• Most kids in the class find Nick’s prank annoying.

• John and Nick are confusing everyone by using the word “frindle.”

• Everyone has noticed that John and Nick are saying “frindle” instead of “pen.”

• The kids think the prank is annoying but Mrs. Granger thinks it is very creative.

Read the following sentence from the chapter:

“As everyone was leaving after class, Mrs. Granger said, ‘Nicholas? I’d like to have...a word with you,’

and she emphasized the word word.”

Why did Mrs. Granger emphasize the word “word?”

• Because she wants to talk to Nick about the strange word he and John were using.

• Because she is the language arts teacher, so her class is all about words.

• She wants to show Nick that their conversation will be short.

• Because of the long report he gave, Mrs. Granger thinks that Nick cares as much about words as she does.

Read the following sentence from the chapter:

“Her eyes were lit up, but it was mostly light, not much heat.”

This shows that Mrs. Granger is -

• very angry about Nick’s prank.

• is looking at Nick closely to see if he is chewing gum.

• thinks that Nick’s prank is creative and funny.

• understand Nick’s prank, but wants it to stop immediately.

Read the following paragraph from the chapter:

“‘Idea? What idea?,’ asked Nick, and he tried to make his eyes as blank as possible.”

The underlined portion shows that Nick is trying to -

• pretend like he doesn’t know what Mrs. Granger is talking about.

• convince Mrs. Granger that “frindle” is a real world.

• blame the prank on John.

• make Mrs. Granger laugh.

Read the following sentence from the chapter:

“Mrs. Granger’s eyes flashed, and then narrowed, and her lips formed a thin, hard line.”

From this description of Mrs. Granger the reader can infer that -

• Mrs. Granger is trying not to laugh.

• Mrs. Granger has never had a student like Nick before.

• Mrs Granger is angry.

• Mrs. Granger thinks that “frindle” might be a real word.

Does Nick’s plan work to stop Mrs. Granger from completing her planned lessons on the day Nick introduces “frindle” to his classmates.

• Yes

• No