WorksheetsTangerine part 3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the most accurate theme for this story?
The truth will set you free.
Silence is golden.
Nice guys finish last.
Every dork has his day.
Paul mentions a "golden dawn" in the very last sentence of novel. What does this represent?
The tangerines that Luis invented
Silence is golden.
A new beginning/fresh start for Paul
The beginning of a new day
What are Paul's plans for the next school year?
He will stay at St. Anthony's School.
He will attend Lake Windsor High School.
He will return to Lake Windsor Middle School.
He will return to Tangerine Middle School.
Why is Paul excited about attending St. Anthony's school?
He is finally going to be known as a "bad dude".
The school has a great soccer team.
He knows other people that attend there.
He needs to go to a religious school because of the bad stuff that he has done.
What happened to Paul as a result of his actions at the Senior Awards Night for the Lake Windsor High School football team?
He was expelled for the rest of the school year from Tangerine County Public Schools.
He was kicked off of the soccer team.
He was grounded for six months.
He was suspended from school for three weeks.
What did Erik and Arthur do with the items that they stole from the fumigated houses in Lake Windsor Downs?
They sold the items on the Internet.
They pawned the items for money.
They gave the items to their friends, girlfriends, and classmates.
None of the Above
How were Erik and Arthur finally caught for the thing(s) that they had done?
Mrs. Fisher found the stolen items from the fumigated houses in the storage unit.
Their teammates and classmates reported them to the principal.
Both Antoine Thomas and Paul told the police what they had witnessed at football practice.
Paul told on Erik and Arthur to his parents, and they called the police.
What really happened to Paul's eyesight?
Erik's friend sprayed white spray paint in them while Erik kept Paul's eyes open.
Erik poured bleach in his eyes.
Erik sprayed white spray paint in them while his friend kept Paul's eyes open.
Paul stared at a solar eclipse too long.
What happened just after the Senior Awards Night started?
He saw Tino and Victor walk into the gymnasium.
e was threatened by Erik and Arthur.
He saw Kerri Gardner in the stands and got nervous.
He learned the truth about his eyesight.
True or False: Paul asked Kerri Gardner to go to Joey's party with him after the Senior Awards Night.
True
False
At the end of the novel, Mrs. Fisher drives Paul to the new school he will need to attend.
True
False
Paul was expelled, kicked out, of school because he was fighting with other students.
True
False
Mrs. Fisher discovers that Erik and Arthur have been the people stealing from the homes with the blue tents.
True
False
The Lake Windsor football record is nullified, non-existent, because Erik and Arthur committed crimes.
True
False
During the Awards night, Victor and Tino attack Erik and Arthur.
True
False
At the retention pond, Paul calmly talks with a little boy about the problems he has faced with his family.
True
False
Paul learns that Luis Cruz has died, and he decides to attend the funeral with the War Eagles.
True
False
What are Paul's nicknames in the book, one given to him by Gino and one by Victor?
Eclipse Boy, Jupiter
Mars, Fisher Man
Eclipse Boy, Dummy
Mars, Nerd
Edward Bloor, the author of Tangerine, uses symbolism to represent the difference between the worlds of Lake Windsor Middle and Tangerine Middle when he uses ....
colors, like green vs yellow
objects, like football vs soccer ball
smells, like smoke vs citrus
sounds, like insects vs sirens
