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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Paul and his mother find out about the smoke?
(a) No one knows what the smoke is.
(b) A house in the subdivision burned down.
(c) It is a forest fire.
(d) It is from a muck fire.

2. What does Paul and his mother have to fill out for him to start school?
(a) Immunization record.
(b) Insurance forms for playing sports.
(c) An individualized education plan.
(d) Request for additional funding.

3. What does the group of boys Paul sees at the carnival have with them?
(a) Switchblades.
(b) Soccer balls.
(c) Water ballons.
(d) Spray paint.

4. What time of the morning does Paul and his mother leave their former city?
(a) Nine.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

5. Where does Paul's mother want to send him to school?
(a) Saint John's Episcopal School.
(b) She wants to home school him.
(c) St. Anthony's.
(d) Tangerine Middle School.

6. Who sees the smoke at the house Sunday morning first?
(a) Erik.
(b) Paul.
(c) Mrs. Fisher.
(d) Mr. Fisher.

7. What does Paul think about his soccer try-outs?
(a) He will not be picked for the team.
(b) He has no idea what will happen.
(c) He will be chosen for first string.
(d) He will be second-string.

8. What do Paul and Joey begin doing together?
(a) Playing tennis.
(b) Playing video games.
(c) Running.
(d) Going to the library.

9. What does Joey do when Paul tells the principal what he saw at the carnival?
(a) He says he has nothing to say.
(b) He says he wasn't paying attention.
(c) He contradicts Paul's statement.
(d) He confirms Paul's statement.

10. Where does Joey say the boys at the carnival go to school?
(a) Saint John's Episcopal School.
(b) Saint Anthony's School.
(c) Tangerine Middle School.
(d) Lake Windsor Middle School.

11. What does Erik tell kids when they ask why Paul wears such thick glasses?
(a) They don't know why his sight is so bad.
(b) Paul stared at a solar eclipse too long.
(c) Paul was hit in the head with a baseball bat.
(d) Paul was born that way.

12. What position does Paul play in soccer?
(a) Goalie.
(b) Forward.
(c) Wing.
(d) Center.

13. Why does the coach say handicapped people cannot play sports?
(a) The other kids are uncomfortable.
(b) Handicapped people are too much trouble.
(c) They are not good enough for the team.
(d) Because of insurance.

14. What does Paul wonder about when he thinks of what the rest of his family is doing?
(a) If his family thinks he's stupid as well as blind.
(b) If he can find another family.
(c) If he can live up to them.
(d) What difference he is making anywhere.

15. What does Joey tell Paul about Paul's statement to the principal?
(a) He will probably be beat up.
(b) No one has to know who it was.
(c) He was a ratfink.
(d) He is now a hero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Paul think Erik will date?

2. What are Erik and Arthur making fun of in Mike's death?

3. Who takes Paul's glasses from him and cleans the mud off?

4. Why is Charley Burns fired?

5. Who are waiting for Paul and his mother in Tangerine?

(see the answer keys)

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