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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 Henry's brother do for a living?

2. What do Victor, Tino and Hernando tell Paul when he meets them?

3. What is the name of tangerine strain Luis has bred?

4. Why did Joey try to take MIke's shoe off?

5. What do they decide to do with their project for typing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Henry's brother and how does Paul know him?

2. 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?

3. What does Joey say about typing up the project?

4. What does Paul take with him on his first day at Tangerine and what does he tell his mother?

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

6. What happens at half-time during the Tangerine-Lake Windsor soccer game?

7. What happens with Paul during a game with the Palmetto Middle School?

8. How does Theresa treat Paul at first and what does Paul learn from her about her brother?

9. Where does Paul go on Saturday, November 4, and what does he do there?

10. What happens the first time Paul shows up for soccer practice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Tangerine based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Tangerine is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider Tangerine a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 2

Paul is caught up in a memory and he recalls a boy Erik's age asking why Paul wore such thick glasses. Erik explained that Paul had stared at an eclipse and that it had damaged his eyesight, prompting the other boy to call Paul "Eclipse Boy."

1. Do you think it was rude to ask Paul about his glasses or was it good for the boy to be honest about his curiosity? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Knowing that Erik caused Paul's blindness, what kind of internal conflict do you think Erik lying about the cause might be happening inside Erik? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. The boy calls Paul "Eclipse Boy" after hearing Erik's explanation. Why do you think a person feels a need to degrade someone or make someone feel different or inferior? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and sometimes it is the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Tangerine has? Explain your response.

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