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

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

3. What does Paul realize about Erik and Arthur related to Mike's death?
(a) Their positions on the football team will be better.
(b) Erik might become a quarterback.
(c) Arthur will probably quit the team.
(d) Mike's father will no longer coach.

4. What is the name of the funeral home where Mike is laid out?
(a) Stantons.
(b) O'Sullivan.
(c) Oaklawn Funeral Home.
(d) Windsor Memorial Home.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Fisher ask the parents of the football players to do?

3. What does the coach say about stopping or changing the time of football practice?

4. Where are Erik and Mr. Fisher on Sunday?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Paul and his mother arrive in Florida, and what does Paul's father say when they arrive?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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