Tangerine Prologue - August 28 Quiz

Which statement best describes Paul's flashback he had in the Prologue?

• Paul won a fish at the town carnival in Huntsville.

• Paul and Erik got along and played soccer together on Christmas.

• Paul thinks that his brother tried to kill him.

• Paul played football and scored a touchdown.

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CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

Paul thinks that his brother tried to kill him. Why does his mother think this is untrue?

• Erik was playing football in college at the time.

• Paul is legally blind and his mom does not think that Paul could see who it was.

• Erik is a smart person and would never jeopardize his future of getting a college scholarship by getting in trouble with the law.

• Paul is a liar.

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.SL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.1B

What is a flashback?

• An interruption to the story in order to recall something from the past.

• A comparison using like or as.

• A comparison of two different things not using like or as.

• Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.

Paul keeps referring to a scary figure that escaped from his old home. What is this scary figure?

• Slenderman

• Big Foot

• A Zombie

• A Ghost

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Who is Old Charley Burns?

• Paul's new principal.

• Dad's new boss.

• Tangerine's priest.

• Mom's friend from Huntsville.

What sport is Erik really good at?

• Soccer

• Dance

• Basketball

• Football

What is a metaphor?

• An interruption in the current story in order to tell something from the past.

• A comparison between two unlike things using the words "like," or "as."

• A comparison between two unlike things without using the words, "like," or "as."

• Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"The chair is a tree stump." What is this sentence an example of?

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

A simile is...

• A comparison using the words, "like," or "as."

• An exaggeration.

• A comparison that does not use the words, "like," or "as."

• An upside down frown.

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is "burning," that the Fisher family discovers?

• The forest.

• Their house.

• A firepit.

• A muck fire.

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.4