WorksheetsTangerine Book Test 2023
Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 5hrs 42mins
What is the first thing Paul notices about Tangerine, Florida?
Alligators
Citrus Groves
Lightning
Muck Fires
How did Paul acquire his vision impairment?
Solar Eclipse
At Birth
He does not need glasses.
Spray Paint
Which is an example of man vs nature in the novel?
Paul vs Sinkhole
Mike vs Lightning
Tangerine vs Muck Fires
All of the above
How old was Paul when his vision was damaged?
2
5
7
10
What did Paul and Joey do when the sinkhole incident occurred?
Ran for help.
Pulled students out of the inking portable.
Froze with fear.
Took pictures.
What happened to Paul's IEP when he transferred to Tangerine Middle?
Disappeared.
Reinstated.
Adjusted.
Lost in the sinkhole.
What position did Erik play?
Goalie
Kicker
Quarterback
Forward
What was the Cruz family business?
Mechanics
Firefighters
Citrus Groves
Teachers
Who wrote the novel "Tangerine?"
Edward Bloor
Robert Frost
Marta Salinas
Sharon Creech
What did the soccer team at Tangerine Middle call themselves?
Smitten Kittens
Soaring Seagulls
War Eagles
Eager Eagles
Who is Vincent Castor?
Erik's coach
Paul's coach
Paul's teacher
Erik's "goon" from Silver Meadows.
Who killed Luis Cruz
Paul
Joey
Lightning
Arthur
Who was responsible for the neighborhood robberies?
Paul and Joey
Unknown burglars
Erik and Arthur
Tino and Victor
The central idea lesson/moral is the...?
Theme
Setting
Symbolism
Foreshadowing
Identify a flashback from the novel.
The argument between Joey and Tino.
The sinkhole at Lake Windsor Middle.
The vehicle chasing him with a bat.
The carnival.
Identify relevant evidence from the text that suppports the theme of family/relationships.
Paul's relationship with his brother Erik.
His parents' lie to Paul about his visual imapirment.
The flashbacks.
The sinkhole.
Identify the relevant evidence from the text that supports the theme of lies/betrayal.
Paul's relationship with his brother Erik.
His parents' lie about his visual impairment.
The flashbacks.
The sinkhole.
Identify relevant evidence from the text that supports the theme of Man vs. Nature.
Paul's reationship wiht his brother Erik.
His parents' lie to Paul about his visual impairemnet.
The flashbacks.
The sinkhole.
The poem To an Athlete Dying Young is an allusion included in the book because of which character's death?
Mike Costello
Paul Fisher
Luis Cruz
Joey Costello
What does Erik Fisher tell his friends is the reason why Paul wears thick glasses?
Paul was born legally blind
Paul looked too long at an eclipse and became blind
A bully kick sand in his eyes at the beach when he was little
He sprayed spray paint in Paul's eyes when he was five years old
Is struck by lightning at football practice
Erik Fischer
Arthur Bauer
Mike Costello
Joey Costello
Takes care of his younger brother and sister. Loves working in the groves.
Luis Cruz
Tino Cruz
Erik Fischer
Paul Fischer
Is trying to figure out the truth about what happened to his eyesight.
Erik Fisher
Paul Fisher
Joey Costello
Tino Cruz
Doesn't fit in at Tangerine Middle School and becomes angry at Paul.
Joey Costello
Paul Fisher
Tino Cruz
Theresa Cruz
Erik's friend who is involved with the robberies and Luis's murder.
Arthur Bauer
Victor Guzman
Mike Costello
Antoine Thomas
What is the cause of the muck fires?
The lightning that hits the lignite in the fields.
The developers clearing the land by burning down the tangerine trees.
The constant rainstorms.
The firefighters who take too long to respond.
According to the news article that Mr.Fisher read at the meeting, Tangerine County is:
Famous for its tangerine trees
Dangerous because of all the smoke from the muck fires.
The lightning strike capital of the United States.
The nicest area in Florida to live in.
According to the news article that Mrs.Fisher read at the meeting, Tangerine County is:
Famous for its tangerine trees
Dangerous because of all the smoke from the muck fires.
The lightning strike capital of the United States.
The nicest area in Florida to live in.
The sinkhole is caused by:
The muck fires burning the fields.
The combination of the rain water mixed with the soil.
The wooden portables.
Too much lightning.
Paul says the lightning will strike Mr.Donnelly's house again and again because:
Mr. Donnelly has bad luck.
The lightning knows that spot because it used to be the highest.
He has too many lightning rods on his roof.
His house was built on a huge pile of lignite.
What damage did the sinkhole cause?
Most of the portables broke and fell into the sinkhole.
Some students were hurt.
The bleachers from the football field are condemned.
All the above.
When Paul says, "For Joey, our house may as well be covered with canvas and bound by ropes because its filled with poison," he is referring to:
The smell of smoke from the muck fires.
The poison they use to kill the bugs in the houses.
Joey being mad about the way the Tangerine soccer players teased him.
The way Erik made fun of Mike's hair and Joey taking his shoes off.
Why are the tented houses the ones that are being robbed?
The tented houses are all on the nicest street in the neighborhood.
People are forced to leave the tented houses because of the poison.
Robbers think the people who can afford the tents have more money.
The people are leaving the doors unlocked when the tents are up.
After Paul's flashback of being in the backyard of Huntsville, he says that after he got his new glasses, he was able to see:
All the things Mom and Dad could not see about Erik.
Shapes and Shadows, but not details of faces.
Everything except colors
Better when he was wearing sport goggles.
After Paul's flashback of being in the backyard of Huntsville, he says that after he got his new glasses, he was able to see:
All the things Mom and Dad could not see about Erik.
Shapes and Shadows, but not details of faces.
Everything except colors
Better when he was wearing sport goggles.
One Way that Paul shows that he is different than the other kids in Lake Windsor Downs is:
His glasses make him look different.
He fights the freeze instead of staying inside to drink hot cocoa.
He gets good grades.
He plays soccer.
Why is Paul finally able to remember the whole truth about what happened to his eyes?
Because he is finally old enough to understand what happened.
Because he got into his dad's computer and found a file about it.
Because his parents finally told him he deserved to know what happened.
Because he finally stood up to Erik and was not afraid of him.
"I heard the sound of his foot walloping the ball, and then I felt it smack against my right wrist. " is an example of
simile
onomatopoeia
personification
hyperbole
"I got down into my goalie crouch, a coiled spring, ready to release." is an example of
simile
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
"Gino shouted like a samurai." is an example of
hyperbole
personification
metaphor
simile
"For Mom the move from Texas to Florida was a military operation. " is an example of
simile
metaphor
personification
onomatopoeia
The lightning once again filled the room, painful and suprising, like the flash of a camera in my face." is an example of
simile
metaphor
allusion
personification
