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

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

3. What does Mrs. Fisher ask the parents of the football players to do?
(a) Change football practice.
(b) Have football practice only on Saturday.
(c) Stop football practice until after Mike's funeral.
(d) Disband the football team.

4. What does Paul think about his soccer try-outs?
(a) He will not be picked for the team.
(b) He will be second-string.
(c) He has no idea what will happen.
(d) He will be chosen for first string.

5. Where does Mr. Fisher work?
(a) Tangerine County Roads and Parks Department.
(b) Tangerine County Waste Management.
(c) Civil Engineering Department of Tangerine County.
(d) Tangerine County Electrical Power Plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul's mother do when she finds out Mike is dead?

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

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

4. What does Paul's mother do Sunday morning after she goes outside?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Paul go on his bike and what does he see about their subdivision?

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

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

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

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

6. Who comes by the house from the Owners' Association, who is his son and what happens when Paul's father returns home?

7. What does Paul think about if Erik died?

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

9. What does Paul say about how his mother has arranged their move?

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

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