FRINDLE #15

Nick is 21 years old. What does he now have access to?

• His car.
• His college degree.
• His trust fund.
• His dad's hardware shop.

Nick gave his parents some of the money from the trust fund. What did he want them to use it for?

• To buy a boat
• To buy a new car
• To build a new house
• To travel

Nick wants to give some of his fortune to his parents This shows that he is

• greedy
• excited
• wasteful
• generous

Mrs. Granger had been rooting for "frindle" the whole time.

• True
• False

The reader can Infer that Nick felt ____ when he saw that Mrs. Granger had sent him a package.

• worried
• curious
• intelligent
• afraid

What does Mrs. Granger mean when she says, "Like the sunrise, some things just have to happen-and all you can really do is watch?”

• Some things cannot be stopped, like Nick's word.
• That when things get difficult, people should give up and watch.
• That she has lost the word war.
• That if Nick hadn't made up "frindle" someone else would have.

Read the following sentence from the chapter. "Besides, the other package was sitting next to her on the couch, waiting impatiently with its red bow." The author uses personification (underlined portion) to show that-

• Nick sent the gift.
• Mrs. Granger is often impatient.
• Mrs. Granger is curious to see what is inside the package.
• Mrs. Granger already knows what the gift is and who sent it.

Which of the following best describes the conclusion of the "word war''?

• Nick won, because the word "frindle" ended up in the dictionary.
• Mrs. Granger won, because she secretly wanted the word "frindle" to become a real word.
• Nick won because his idea made him rich.
• Ten years later neither Mrs. Granger nor Nick felt like they were fighting. They felt glad that they had known each other.