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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. Who is at the principal's office Monday when Paul is called into the office?
(a) Only Joey.
(b) Paul's parents.
(c) The soccer coach.
(d) Several members of the soccer team.

2. What can Paul not understand about Erik and Arthur?
(a) How they can make fun of Joey.
(b) Why they are there instead of at Mike's house.
(c) Why they are friends.
(d) Laughing about Mike's death.

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

4. What does Paul say he would be sad about if Erik dies?
(a) If Erik will be punished after death for being happy about Paul's impairment.
(b) If he would miss Erik too much.
(c) If Erik took the memory with him of Paul's blindness.
(d) If Erik never apologizes for not being there for Paul.

5. What does Paul's mother do when she finds out Mike is dead?
(a) Goes to the Costello's house.
(b) Goes to the hospital.
(c) Call Mr. Fisher.
(d) Cooks dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mr. Fisher work?

2. What time does Mrs. Fisher think they will arrive in Tangerine?

3. What does Paul wonder about Joey?

4. Why does the coach talk to members of the soccer team about the carnival?

5. What does Erik tell kids when they ask why Paul wears such thick glasses?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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