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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tino do while he and Joey are arguing?

2. From where is Paul bleeding?

3. In what grade of school is Paul?

4. What does Paul suggest to Joey?

5. What does Paul wonder when he notices all the parents at his soccer game?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Victor and his friends tell Paul about the incident at the carnival?

2. What does Joey tell Paul about the incident when his brother was killed?

3. What does Henry's brother tell Paul about the muck problem?

4. How does Tino feel about Paul at the end of the day on Saturday, and what does Paul tell him? What is Tino's response?

5. How did the subdivision try to take care of the muck problem and what resulted from that effort?

6. What do Tino and Theresa say about a possible subject for the group project?

7. What does Paul say about his parents not watching him play?

8. Where are the Fishers invited on November 5 and what does Paul learn there about Coach Bright?

9. What worries Paul about his seventh period teacher and what does he vow to do about it?

10. What do Paul and Joey see about a few houses in the neighborhood when they come home from school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Tangerine.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Tangerine. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Tangerine. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in Tangerine? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in Tangerine, including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Tangerine and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Often, authors will write about "what they know," and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Edward Bloor.

2. What in Bloor's background may have helped him in writing Tangerine? What may have influenced the way he depicts various characters and scenes?

3. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples.

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