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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 the news commentators say about Erik's attempted kick?

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

3. From where is Paul bleeding?

4. What does Paul do to the player in question number 92?

5. What does Erik do when he tries to kick the ball?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do Joey and Tino clash in the group and what is the result of that clash?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tangerine belongs to the young adult novel genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the young adult novel genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a young adult novel and a historical novel mystery?

Essay Topic 2

Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?

2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Tangerine and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Tangerine is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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