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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 Paul learn about the make-up of the soccer team from Theresa?

2. What does Paul find out from Theresa about the soccer team?

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

4. How does Tino feel about what Paul did at the farm Saturday?

5. Who tries the last field goal that Paul stops in the game?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How is Paul partly responsible for winning the game against Lake Windsor?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Tangerine. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in Tangerine. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in Tangerine. Consider the death of Mike as an random act of nature and the death of Luis as the result of conscious violence. Consider also in your answer the death of innocence in Paul from the beginning of the book to the end.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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