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

2. What is happening when Paul wakes on Saturday?
(a) Erik is burning breakfast.
(b) Nothing is happening.
(c) A lightning storm.
(d) His mother is playing the piano.

3. What does one parent tell Mrs. Fisher about his son and practice?
(a) He needs the practice to obtain a college scholarship.
(b) He sees no reason she cares about football practice.
(c) He will be pulling his son out of practice.
(d) He sees no reason to change anything.

4. What does Paul and his mother have to fill out for him to start school?
(a) An individualized education plan.
(b) Immunization record.
(c) Request for additional funding.
(d) Insurance forms for playing sports.

5. Why does Mrs. Fisher want to go through the house before she and Paul leave at the opening of the book?
(a) To check for any open windows.
(b) To make sure all electrical appliances are turned off.
(c) To make sure it is clean.
(d) To make sure nothing is left.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Paul and Joey begin doing together?

2. What happens when a thunderstorm hits?

3. What does Paul's mother ask to see at the school when he takes him there?

4. What are Paul and Mrs. Fisher shown the school uses for classrooms?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Paul think about Arthur and Erik are saying about Mike?

2. What does Paul find out about the problem in question #3?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Paul's mother think will happen about Mike's death and what actually happens? What does Paul wonder about Joey?

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

9. 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?

10. Why is Paul put off the soccer team and what is his reaction when he hears about it?

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