wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Frindle

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How many  5th grade teachers are at Nick's school?
a)
7
b)
8
c)
9
2.
In 3rd grade, what did Nick get the kids to do?  
a)
Make paper airplanes
b)
sneeze at the same time
c)
make paper trees
3.
What did Mrs. Granger sometimes have the students do?
a)
no homework
b)
extra homework
4.
How long was Nick's report?
a)
not very long
b)
pretty long
c)
very long, almost the whole period
5.
What did Nick do to get Mrs. Granger so angry?
a)
made a mess in class
b)
didn't do his report
c)
made up a new word and get everyone to use it
6.
What challenge were Nick and Janet doing when Nick decided on the new word?
a)
arguing about who was the best speller
b)
trying to see who could sound like a bird
c)
trying to walk on the edge of the curb without falling
7.
After Nick had invented the word frindle, he raised his hand in class and told Mrs. Granger
a)
I forgot my pen.
b)
I forgot my book.
c)
I forgot my frindle.
8.
What did Nick thin that Mrs. Avery's nose looked like?
a)
a dog
b)
a monkey
c)
an owl
d)
a hawk
9.
When Nick is in 5th grade, how old is he?
a)
9
b)
10
c)
11
d)
12
10.
Mrs. Granger loved
a)
to get kids in trouble.
b)
to make kids write punishments.
c)
words and the dictionary
11.
When Nick was in college, Mrs. Granger sent him a letter to
a)
tell him he is smart and creative.
b)
tell him his word got into the dictionary.
c)
tell him that she enjoyed him in her class.
d)
all of these
12.
Mrs. Granger said every story needs a villain.
Why did she pretend she was so angry about the word?
a)
to help people want to use the word
b)
to get publicity
c)
to get some of Nick's money
13.
Howq did Nick become so rich?
a)
His dad gave him a lot of money.
b)
He sold frindles.
c)
Bud Lawrence had sold a lot of frindle merchandise and Nick got 30%.
14.
How did frindle get into the dictionary?
a)
Mrs. Granger put it there.
b)
So many people around the country used it so dictionary writes put it there.
c)
Nick paid them to put it there. 
15.
When Nick was small he said gwalgwala. He meant
a)
music
b)
water
c)
milk
d)
gargle
16.
When the newspaper article was written about frindle, the principal was
a)
happy
b)
upset
c)
sad
17.
Other national news people saw the frindle article.  Which was not one of the groups who contacted Nick.
a)
David Letterman
b)
People Magazine
c)
Dictionary Writers of America
d)
CBS news
18.
Westfield added a sign to their town sign to show support for frindle.  It said,
a)
home of the original frindle
b)
home of Nick Allen
c)
this is where frindles are invented
d)
we prefer pen
19.
At the end of the book, Nick is 
a)
married with kids
b)
in college
c)
working in a dictionary factory
d)
in middle school
20.
At the end of the book, Nick is 21.  How old was he when he started using the term frindle?
a)
9
b)
10
c)
11
d)
12
21.
Which word does not describe Nick.
a)
creative
b)
smart
c)
lazy
d)
inventive
22.
Is Nick a trouble maker?
a)
yes
b)
no
c)
sort of both