Tangerine Monday, September 11

Why were Paul, Adam, Joey and two other guys called into Mr. Murrow's office?

• He wanted to know why Paul was kicked off the soccer team.

• An exhibit at the carnival was vandalized.

• He was checking to see if they were okay after the death of Mike Costello.

• There were some umbrellas missing.

What school were the boys from the soccer team that Paul mentioned in Mr. Murrow's office?

• Tangerine Middle School

• Lake Windsor Middle School

• Tangerine High School

• Lake Windsor High School

"... I heard a whooshing sound, like the sound you get when you open a vacuum-sealed can of peanuts." This is an example of which type of figurative language?

• Personification

• a Simile

• a Metaphor

• a Hyperbole

"Next came a crack-crack cracking sound." This is an example of which type of figurative language?

• a Simile

• a Metaphor

• an Onomatopoeia

• Personification

Why did the students pour out of the portables?

• The rain was coming into the portables.

• It was time to go home.

• They were scared of the lightening and wanted to be in a safer location.

• There was a cracking and whooshing sound, and the walkways were heaving up and down.

What caused the cracking, whooshing and the movement of the portables?

• An earthquake

• A flood

• A sinkhole

• A hurricane

What did Paul and Joey do when they saw the kids trapped in one of the portables?

• They ran to get help.

• They helped save them.

• They watched while the portable went deep into the sinkhole.

• They called the firefighters.

Gino told Paul that they "...should have bent the rules for him" What does he mean?

• They should recognize Paul is a hero for saving students.

• They should stop calling him Mars.

• They should not let him be the water boy on the soccer team.

• They should let him play soccer.

What did Paul do after the sinkhole incident at school?

• He first had to go to the hospital.

• He escorted the students that he saved to their homes.

• He got home and took off his muddy clothes.

• He went to Joey's house.

The rain was pounding down is an example of

• personification

• an idiom

• anthropomorphism

• a simile