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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 Paul wear on the soccer field?
(a) Goggles.
(b) Gloves.
(c) A helmet.
(d) Nothing special but regular soccer gear.

2. What are Paul and Mrs. Fisher shown the school uses for classrooms?
(a) An old army armory.
(b) Quonset huts.
(c) A concrete building that used to be apartments.
(d) Portable buildings.

3. What did Joey do when his brother died?
(a) Tried to brush his hair over his face.
(b) Try to take the shoes off his feet.
(c) Put a football next to him.
(d) Broke down sobbing and runs away.

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

5. What does Joey tell Paul about Paul's statement to the principal?
(a) He will probably be beat up.
(b) No one has to know who it was.
(c) He was a ratfink.
(d) He is now a hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are waiting for Paul and his mother in Tangerine?

2. What does Mrs. Fisher expect will happen on September 6 due to Mike's death?

3. What did Mr. Fisher do when Erik showed potential as a football player?

4. What does Paul wonder about when he thinks of what the rest of his family is doing?

5. What does Paul call his father always talking about Erik's football activities?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Paul called into the principal's office the Monday after his trip to the carnival and what does Paul do?

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

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

4. What news does Erik tell Paul and Mrs. Fisher when Erik comes home from school on Tuesday?

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

6. What does Paul think about if Erik died?

7. Where does Paul's mother take him on Monday and what does she do there?

8. What boy Paul's age does Paul meet and what does he see while Paul watches soccer practice?

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

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

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