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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paul think about his vision impairment and Erik?
(a) Erik could care less whether Paul is blind.
(b) Erik is happy Paul is almost blind.
(c) Erik was gone the day Paul lost so much of his sight.
(d) Erik is part of the secret.

2. What is the name of the high school football team?
(a) The Lake Windsor Otters.
(b) The Lake Windsor Orcas.
(c) The Lake Windsor Seagulls.
(d) The Windsor Guardians.

3. What does Paul's mother say about Paul not being able to play soccer?
(a) He can concentrate on his studies.
(b) Sports are only for the dumb kids anyway.
(c) She is sure his eyesight has improved.
(d) He will find something else to do.

4. Who are waiting for Paul and his mother in Tangerine?
(a) His aunt and uncle.
(b) No one, his brother and father will arrive a day later.
(c) His father and brother.
(d) His grandmother and grandfather.

5. Why does the coach talk to members of the soccer team about the carnival?
(a) Boys with soccer balls destroyed an exhibit.
(b) He is talking to all the athletic teams.
(c) A soccer ball was left at the park.
(d) Someone told the principal Joey and Paul was there.

6. What time does Mrs. Fisher think they will arrive in Tangerine?
(a) By four in the afternoon.
(b) By nine at night.
(c) She doesn't have any idea when they might arrive.
(d) Somewhere around midnight.

7. What position does Paul play in soccer?
(a) Forward.
(b) Goalie.
(c) Wing.
(d) Center.

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

9. Where does Paul's mother want to send him to school?
(a) She wants to home school him.
(b) Tangerine Middle School.
(c) Saint John's Episcopal School.
(d) St. Anthony's.

10. Why is Charley Burns fired?
(a) For using shoddy materials.
(b) For taking bribes.
(c) For making a joke about kids not be injured by the sinkhole.
(d) For letting Mr. Fisher set his own hours.

11. What does Erik tell kids when they ask why Paul wears such thick glasses?
(a) Paul stared at a solar eclipse too long.
(b) They don't know why his sight is so bad.
(c) Paul was born that way.
(d) Paul was hit in the head with a baseball bat.

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

13. What happens when a thunderstorm hits?
(a) A tree limb breaks a window.
(b) The power goes out.
(c) The back porch floods.
(d) Lightning strikes the tree in the front yard.

14. Where does Joey say the boys at the carnival go to school?
(a) Saint Anthony's School.
(b) Tangerine Middle School.
(c) Saint John's Episcopal School.
(d) Lake Windsor Middle School.

15. What does Paul do after the thunderstorm?
(a) Goes to the store with his mother.
(b) Goes over to Joey's house.
(c) Watches television.
(d) Goes bike riding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname do the children give Paul because of soccer?

2. What does Paul do when conversation about Erik and football starts?

3. Why does the coach say handicapped people cannot play sports?

4. What time of the morning does Paul and his mother leave their former city?

5. What does Paul tell his guide the first day of school?

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