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Tangerine Intro-September 15
Tangerine Intro-September 15
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A #Tangerine #Quiz for Part One
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1
Bloor uses what clues to tell the reader Paul is having a flashback?
"I remembered..."
Italicized text
All of these
Paul stops whatever he is doing.
2
What happened to Mike Costello?
Erik beat him up
He got a new pair of shoes
He died from a lightning strike
He didn't make the football team
3
How does Paul know he landed the goalie spot for the middle school soccer team?
He saw his name on the roster
Gino was impressed with his save
He held his breath until the coach picked him
Kerri Gardner told him
4
How did Paul react when his father started talking about the Erik Fisher Football Dream?
He was excited
He gave Erik a hug
He went to his room
He was sad
5
What surprised Paul about the news report about the sinkhole?
All of these are correct
That no one died
That the crater was so small
That only a dozen kids were treated for injuries
6
"For Mom, moving was a military operation," is an example of a:
Sentence Fragment
Subordinate Clause
Metaphor
Simile
7
What evidence showed that Paul feared and distrusted his brother Erik?
He set fire to his boxes
He called 911
He offered to unpack his trophies
He tried to avoid him
8
How did the landscape change as Paul and his mother entered Tangerine County
They saw cacti and tumbleweeds
There was farmland with watermelon, tomatoes, and onions
It was covered in snow
There were high rise condos on the beach
9
How do people view the kids at Tangerine Middle School?
They are very rich
They have super cute uniforms
They are in gangs and carry guns
They think they are better than everyone else
10
Why did Paul want to transfer to Tangerine Middle School?
The math is easier there
They have all-you-can-eat tangerines
He would stop being beat up every day
He would not have an IEP so he could play soccer
11
"For Mom the move from Texas to Florida was a military operation," is an example of a
Simile
Metaphor
Subordinate clause
Sensory Detail
12
"
What else has Dad overlooked about Tangerine?" is an example of:
Characterization
Plot Diagram
Flashback
Foreshadowing
13
Which of the following is NOT a motif in
Tangerine
?
Lightning
Relationships between brothers
Baseball
Tangerines
14
What can we infer about why Erik chose Arthur to be his friend?
Arthur would do anything to be popular...anything!
Arthur had a truck and could drive him around
Arthur's sister was a cheerleader
All of these
15
What caused the muck fires in the fields surrounding Lake Windsor Downs?
Lightning striking lignite
Gasoline poured on grass
Electrical wiring
Arsonists
16
"His whole body was stiff, and rigid, like he was dead," is an example of a:
Metaphor
Sensory Detail
Simile
Dramatic pause
17
Which of these is
not
a way that the HOA tried to control the appearance of the development?
Rules about what colors can be used to paint houses
All trees must be approved before planting
You can only have golden retrievers for pets
Mailboxes must match the houses
18
Why were Paul and his mother leaving Houston
To join the rest of the family in Florida
To root for a better football team
To get Paul on a better soccer team
To find gold
19
Why was Paul impressed with Mike Costello?
He could kick 100 yard field goals
He was sponsored by Nike
He was going to FSU to study Engineering
He drove a nice car
20
Why was Mrs. Fisher disappointed when she first visited Tangerine Middle School?
There were no actual tangerines there
They served fish sticks for lunch
They had no soccer team
The seventh and eighth grade had portable classrooms
21
What was Paul's mother's reaction to him being cut from the team?
She poured her coffee on his head.
She called the coach a "dumbhead."
She was relieved to not have to drive to practice
She apologizes and asks Mr. Fisher to handle it
22
Why was Paul confident that he would get onto the soccer team?
He was a better goalie than Joey Costello
He used to play soccer for the LA Galaxy
His mother offered to bring snacks to practice
He had really good goalie gloves
23
Why did Paul excuse Kerri Gardner from her duty of guiding him around school?
He used a cane to get around
He had his seeing eye dog with him
He wasn't really blind so he didn't need help.
She wasn't very friendly
24
Why did Paul think the Donnelly's house had been struck repeatedly by lightning?
The Donnelly's have a metal roof
The Donnelly's have bad luck
The Donnelly's live on the rainy side of the street
The Donnelly's house used to be the highest spot.
25
Why did Paul's mother hold a meeting of football parents?
To organize a bake sale
To create a new booster club
To stop afternoon football practices
To pick out new jerseys
26
Why did Paul blame his mother for being cut from the soccer team?
She refused to wash his uniform
She requested the IEP that disqualified him
She forgot to pay the fees
She brought bad snacks
27
What was Paul's father's reaction to him being cut from the team?
He yelled at the coach
He found a better team for Paul.
He got the coach to let Paul be the team manager
He moved the family back to Houston
28
Why was the story of the eclipse important to Paul?
It made him popular with the ladies
He loves the sun
It explains his blindness
They are making a movie about it
29
What was Erik's reaction to Mike's accident?
He cried all night
He went to comfort Joey
He joked about it
He rushed to help him
