Frindle CH 3-5

Why did Nick ask Mrs. Granger where the words in the dictionary came from?

• He wanted to waste time so she couldn't assign homework

• His friend dared him to ask her

• He wanted to learn something new

• He was curious about the origin of words

Mrs. Granger assigned NIck extra homework because of his question. What is his extra homework?

• To write a paper about the history of words

• To read the dictionary out loud to his family

• To give an oral repot on where words come from.

• To copy all the words and thier meaning from the dictonary

Which evidence best shows that Nick is upset about doing his homework?

• "Nick could feel the sun and the breeze on his face as he imagined running outside to play, homework all done."

• "Up to now, schoolwork never spilled over into his free time. Thanks to Mrs. Granger, those days were gone."

• "And when he finished with the kids' book, he opened up the black encyclopedia and read most of what it said."

What type of figurative language is:

"her eyes were practically burning holes in the chalkboard behind him"

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Alliteration

Mrs Granger says that ​ (a)   decide what words mean, when ​ (b)   agrees, that's how you know.

• we
• everyone
• the president
• law makers

Why doesn't Nick want to be known as the teacher's pet?