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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 is the name of tangerine strain Luis has bred?

2. Who does Paul talk to on the phone after his game?

3. Who is taken to the emergency room during Paul's game?

4. What does Paul take with him for the office when he starts school at Tangerine?

5. What is the name of the girl from Lake Windsor who likes Paul?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Paul say about his life on November 2?

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

4. What starts an argument between Tino and Victor at practice?

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

6. When and why do Arthur and Erik make fun of Joey?

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

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

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

10. What happens with Erik at the first football game with Lake Windsor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Tangerine, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements in Tangerine. (The subplots may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Erik pointing out that the "farm labor kids" have been invited to town. Paul urges Tino to ignore them, but Tino can't, and when he confronts Erik, Erik hits him full in the face with his fist.

1. It has been said that people who are prejudice or make fun of others are doing it out of their own sense of inferiority. Do you agree or not agree with this? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. What might be the situation in Tino's life that makes it difficult for him to ignore Erik's taunts? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. What do you think Erik hitting such a younger boy with his fist says about Erik's character? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

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