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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 are Paul and Mrs. Fisher shown the school uses for classrooms?
(a) Portable buildings.
(b) A concrete building that used to be apartments.
(c) Quonset huts.
(d) An old army armory.

2. Why do Paul's grandmother and grandfather call from Ohio?
(a) They are coming to visit.
(b) They saw the sinkhole on the news.
(c) They want him to visit that summer.
(d) They want to find out how Erik's doing in football.

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

4. Who is Erik starting to hang out with?
(a) Andy Nuemberg.
(b) Arthur Bauer.
(c) Tim Talon.
(d) Mike Costello.

5. From where is Paul Fisher's family moving to Florida?
(a) Houston.
(b) Tulsa.
(c) New York.
(d) Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the coach talk to members of the soccer team about the carnival?

2. What does Mrs. Fisher ask the parents of the football players to do?

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

4. What is the name of the high school football team?

5. Who is at the principal's office Monday when Paul is called into the office?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. To what does Paul wake on August 9, who does he tell and what does she say to him? What do they do about the problem?

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Paul put off the soccer team and what is his reaction when he hears about it?

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

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