Nick's Frindle Adventure and Vocabulary

Nick and Janet walk home from school, and Janet finds a pen. Nick reflects on a lesson about words and recalls a childhood memory of using a made-up word for music. Inspired, he invents the word 'frindle' for pen. Nick's plan to popularize 'frindle' begins with his friends, and they all take an oath to use the new word.

What game were Nick and Janet playing while walking home?

• Hopscotch

• Balancing on the curb

• Tag

• Hide and seek

What did Janet find while walking home with Nick?

• A keychain

• A lost wallet

• A gold ballpoint pen

• A silver coin

What was the first significant event that happened to Janet?

• She got a new backpack

• She met a new friend

• She lost her notebook

• She found a gold pen

What was the significance of the gold pen in the story?

• It inspired the word 'frindle'

• It was lost

• It was broken

• It was a gift

What did Mrs. Granger emphasize about words?

• Words are defined by dictionaries

• Words are universal

• People give words their meanings

• Words have fixed meanings

What lesson did Nick learn from Mrs. Granger?

• Words have power

• Words are meaningless

• Words are confusing

• Words are fixed

What childhood memory did Nick recall?

• Listening to music tapes

• Drawing with crayons

• Playing with a toy car

• Reading a storybook

What word did Nick use to refer to music as a child?

• Go Aguila

• Tune

• Harmony

• Melody

What happened when Nick bumped into Janet?

• She ignored him

• She got angry

• She laughed

• She dropped her pen

What new word did Nick create?

• Frindle

• Jotter

• Scribble

• Doodle