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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. What is Paul questioned about by the principal?
(a) If Joey was at the carnival with Paul.
(b) What time Paul left the carnival.
(c) Whether he still wants to play soccer.
(d) What he did at the carnival.

2. What does Paul do when conversation about Erik and football starts?
(a) Goes to his bedroom.
(b) Sits in the chair and sulks.
(c) Struts around the living room.
(d) Laughs at Erik.

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

4. Why does the coach talk to members of the soccer team about the carnival?
(a) He is talking to all the athletic teams.
(b) A soccer ball was left at the park.
(c) Boys with soccer balls destroyed an exhibit.
(d) Someone told the principal Joey and Paul was there.

5. Who are waiting for Paul and his mother in Tangerine?
(a) His grandmother and grandfather.
(b) His aunt and uncle.
(c) His father and brother.
(d) No one, his brother and father will arrive a day later.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one parent tell Mrs. Fisher about his son and practice?

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

3. What does Paul wonder about when he thinks of what the rest of his family is doing?

4. What does Paul call his father always talking about Erik's football activities?

5. What does Paul wonder about Joey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Paul's mother's response about him being kicked off the soccer team?

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

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

4. Who comes by the house from the Owners' Association, who is his son and what happens when Paul's father returns home?

5. What makes the noise Paul hears when he leaves the principal's office and what do the students do about it?

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

7. What boy Paul's age does Paul meet and what does he see while Paul watches soccer practice?

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

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

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

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