Tangerine Unit 3 quiz 3.2-3.5

Read the excerpt from the novel Tangerine.

I tilted up my sports goggles to unfog them. Then I turned back and saw it—a black car—just an outline at first, then clear and detailed. It came right out of the sun. I saw a man hanging out of the passenger window, hanging way out. He had something pulled over his face, some kind of ski mask, and he was holding a long metal baseball bat in both hands, like a murder weapon.

Which of the following is an example of an interpretive question that a reader might ask about this excerpt?

• What is the man planning to do with the bat?

• What kind of bat is the man holding?

• Why are people compelled to make poor decisions?

• What type of mask is the man wearing?

Read this excerpt from the novel Tangerine.

But I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can’t. Or won’t.

Based on the excerpt, what can be inferred about the narrator's attitude toward his parents?

• The narrator believes he is smarter than his parents, and it makes him feel superior.

• The narrator is aware of certain problems that he thinks his parents may be choosing to ignore.

• The narrator does not agree with decisions his parents have made, but does not know how to tell them.

• The narrator finds it difficult to talk to his parents because he feels they do not listen to him.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.6

Read this excerpt from the novel Tangerine.

It took me a long time to fall asleep last night. I was thinking about this: Erik’s arrival is going to change the football season at Lake Windsor High School. Dad’s arrival is going to change how things are done in the Civil Engineering Department in Tangerine County. Mom’s arrival will change the Homeowners’ Association in Lake Windsor Downs. So what about me? Will I make the difference between winning and losing for the middle school’s soccer team?

Which choice is the best inference that can be made about what is being foreshadowed in this excerpt?

• Paul will stop caring about being held to very high standards.

• Paul will make an effort to be as successful as the others in his family.

• Paul will be afraid to talk to his parents about his goals at his new school.

• Paul will become obsessed with trying to maintain the family's reputation.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.W.7.9A

A student is writing a literary analysis contrasting Paul and Erik from the novel Tangerine. Read this excerpt from the beginning of the student's draft.

Erik is like a bulldozer, always expecting his own way. What’s worse is that Paul and Erik’s parents have indirectly taught Erik that this is how the world works. On the other hand, Paul has always played second fiddle to his brother. The boys’ parents lavish their love and attention on Erik, and not on Paul …

Which option works best as a topic sentence for this paragraph?

• Paul and Erik are brothers from the novel Tangerine.

• Although the characters Paul and Erik from the novel Tangerine are brothers, they are very different characters.

• Paul is very different than Erik.

• Erik, a character from the novel Tangerine, is very different than Paul.

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.2A

Read this excerpt from the novel Tangerine.

Mom would never say it, but I bet we were thinking the same thing. What else has Dad “overlooked” about Tangerine? We drove on in silence, except for the pounding of the rain, from the flooded campus of Lake Windsor Middle School to the flooded streets of Lake Windsor Downs.

Which is the best analysis of this excerpt?

• This is an example of flashback. The information can be used to better understand what is currently happening based on what happened in the characters' past.

• This is an example of foreshadowing. Based on the information, it can be inferred that Paul and his mother will eventually find many things they like about living in Tangerine.

• This is an example of foreshadowing. Based on the information, it can be inferred that other unpleasant things about Tangerine will be revealed later in the book.

• This is an example of flashback. The information can be used to understand the characters' excitement about discovering Tangerine when they first moved to the area.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

Which detail from the novel Tangerine would be best to use in a paragraph analyzing the relationship between Paul and Erik?

• I guess Paige and Tina want to date football players, so these two will do. Erik and Arthur want to date cheerleaders, so these two will do.

• Mom has already done her research on Erik’s friends. She pumps him for information over dinner every night, and he tells her whatever she wants to know:

• I’ve always been afraid of Erik. Now I get to be afraid of Erik and Arthur.

• Arthur is a senior, like Erik. Unlike Erik, he seems to have no special talent for football.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.9A

Read the student paragraph about the relationship between the Costello brothers and the Fisher brothers in the novel Tangerine.

In Tangerine, author Edward Bloor includes two sets of brothers: Erik and Paul Fisher and Mike and Joey Costello. The characters' actions and dialogue reveal the relationships between each pair of brothers. The foundation of the Costello brothers' relationship is respect. On the other hand, the Fisher brothers display distrust and threats as they interact with one another.

Which is the best thesis statement for this student's writing?

• The relationship between the Fisher brothers and Costello brothers is more similar than it is different.

• The Costello brothers have a relationship based on shared interests and the Fisher brothers do not.

• The Costello brothers have a closer and more loving relationship than the Fisher brothers.

• Both the Costello brothers and the Fisher brothers have many of the same interests.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.W.7.1A

CCSS.W.7.1B

A student is writing a literary analysis of the sibling relationships in the novel Tangerine.

In her analysis, she states that Erik uses others to help him bully Paul.

Which excerpt from Tangerine would best support the student's statement?

• We ended up in an area off the kitchen that had a small, round table and four chairs. Erik was sitting in one of the chairs. He waved casually to Mom. He ignored me.

• I thought to myself, OK, here we are. How long did it take Dad to get to his favorite topic, the Erik Fisher Football Dream?

• I’m in my room now, at the computer, listening to the sound of Erik kicking a football into a net in the backyard. It’s a short, violent sound, like some big guys holding up some little guy and punching him over and over in the stomach.

• But Erik did not accompany me for long. He was standing at the front of the school-bus line with his fifth-grade friends when one of them turned, made a gesture, and called to me, “Hey, Eclipse Boy, how many fingers am I holding up?”

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.9A