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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Fisher expect will happen on September 6 due to Mike's death?
(a) Football will be stopped for a couple of weeks.
(b) The funeral will be on Saturday.
(c) The kids at school will be very depressed.
(d) School will be canceled.

2. What does the group of boys Paul sees at the carnival have with them?
(a) Water ballons.
(b) Spray paint.
(c) Soccer balls.
(d) Switchblades.

3. What does Paul call his father always talking about Erik's football activities?
(a) The Dote on Erik Syndrome.
(b) The Football for College Dream.
(c) The Erik Fisher Football Dream.
(d) The Erik is Center of the Universe Syndrome.

4. Why do Paul's grandmother and grandfather call from Ohio?
(a) They saw the sinkhole on the news.
(b) They want to find out how Erik's doing in football.
(c) They are coming to visit.
(d) They want him to visit that summer.

5. What does Paul say he would be sad about if Erik dies?
(a) If Erik never apologizes for not being there for Paul.
(b) If Erik took the memory with him of Paul's blindness.
(c) If Erik will be punished after death for being happy about Paul's impairment.
(d) If he would miss Erik too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Costello do when Erik and Mr. Fisher come home?

2. What does Paul say ruined his move to Florida?

3. What is the name of the funeral home where Mike is laid out?

4. What does Paul realize about Erik and Arthur related to Mike's death?

5. From where is Paul Fisher's family moving to Florida?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the noise Paul hears when he leaves the principal's office and what do the students do about it?

2. What do the parents of the football players decide to do and how does the coach respond to their suggestion?

3. What does Paul's mother do about Mike's death?

4. What does Paul and his mother learn about muck fires, and what happens when a thunderstorm hits?

5. How did Erik learn to kick and what did Mr. Fisher do when Erik started playing football?

6. What is Paul's mother's response about him being kicked off the soccer team?

7. What changes in Tangerine does Paul foresee and what does he think about himself and changes?

8. To what does Paul wake on August 9, who does he tell and what does she say to him? What do they do about the problem?

9. What does Paul wear when he plays soccer and what do the kids say about them?

10. What memory does Paul recall when he starts school on Monday?

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