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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Paul say Erik learned to kick for football?
(a) By playing rag tag in elementary school.
(b) By being a soccer player.
(c) Their grandfather taught him.
(d) By kicking the ball against the side of the house.

2. What kind of position does Joey's father have?
(a) Police Chief.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Physician.

3. What does Paul's mother ask to see at the school when he takes him there?
(a) To have a special tutor.
(b) To get a guide for him.
(c) To get him put on the soccer team.
(d) To see Paul's classes.

4. What is happening when Paul wakes on Saturday?
(a) Erik is burning breakfast.
(b) His mother is playing the piano.
(c) Nothing is happening.
(d) A lightning storm.

5. 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 was hit in the head with a baseball bat.
(c) Paul stared at a solar eclipse too long.
(d) Paul was born that way.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sees the smoke at the house Sunday morning first?

2. What is the name of the funeral home where Mike is laid out?

3. What does Paul realize when he watches the Middle School soccer practice?

4. What time of the morning does Paul and his mother leave their former city?

5. What does the coach say about stopping or changing the time of football practice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Erik tell Paul and Mrs. Fisher when Erik comes home from school on Tuesday?

2. What does Paul say about how his mother has arranged their move?

3. What do the parents of the football players decide to do and how does the coach respond to their suggestion?

4. How did Erik learn to kick and what did Mr. Fisher do when Erik started playing football?

5. Why is Paul called into the principal's office the Monday after his trip to the carnival and what does Paul do?

6. What does Paul's mother think will happen about Mike's death and what actually happens? What does Paul wonder about Joey?

7. What does Paul find out about the problem in question #3?

8. What does Paul's mother do about Mike's death?

9. What does Paul wear when he plays soccer and what do the kids say about them?

10. What does Paul and his mother learn about muck fires, and what happens when a thunderstorm hits?

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