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Tangerine Reading Test
Contribué par: Hunter
  • 1. Who is the author of Tangerine?
A) Gary Paulsen
B) Edward Bloor
C) Gary Soto
D) Louis Lowry
E) Edward Blue
  • 2. What is the setting of Tangerine?
A) Tangerine County, Florida
B) Tangerine County, Texas
C) Florida County, Texas
D) Houston, Texas
E) Tangerine County, Georgia
  • 3. What is happening at the beginning of the story?
A) The Fishers are going on a vacation to Florida
B) The Fishers are moving from Florida to Texas
C) The Fishers are going camping
D) The Fishers are moving from Texas to Florida
E) The Fishers are moving to Tangerine County, Georgia
  • 4. Based on early descriptions, what social class do the Fisher family most likely fit into?
A) upper class
B) upper-middle class
C) rich famous class
D) low poor class
E) low-middle class
  • 5. How does the author depict Mom's character in the beginning of the story?
A) mom is demanding and lazy
B) mom seems unorganized, and active
C) mom seems very upset and nervous
D) mom seems particular, organized, efficient, and very active
E) mom seems unorganized and lazy
  • 6. What incident does Paul remember as he and his mom are about to leave the house?
A) looking at the sun and hurting his eyes when he was younger
B) he was almost attacked with a baseball bat while riding his bike
C) walking home and almost run over by a black car
D) his brother punching him in the face causing his bad eyesight
E) almost hit with a baseball bat while walking home
  • 7. How do Paul's parents respond to his story about his brother's behavior towards him?
A) his parents dismiss it and blame it on his poor vision
B) his parents discipline his brother by grounding him for a week
C) his parents say that he is blaming his brother because he is jealous
D) his parents just tell him that his brother would not hurt him and gives him a hug
E) his parents ground Paul for a week for lying
  • 8. What does Paul mean when he says, "I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can't, or won't"?
A) he has poor vision, but he knows the truth about his brother's character
B) he knows his brother protects him, but he blames him so he doesn't get in trouble for being bad
C) he can see bad things that happen, but not the good things
D) he can see good things that happen, but not the bad things
E) he has poor vision, and he knows what mom is hiding from him about his eyesight
  • 9. Where does Paul and his family move from?
A) Versailles, Italy
B) Tangerine County, Georgia
C) Charleston, North Carolina
D) Austin, Texas
E) Houston, Texas
  • 10. Why is Paul's brother's career so important to Dad?
A) dad regrets not playing that sport in college and thinks that his oldest son can play for him and receive a scholarship to college
B) his oldest son has a handicap and cannot play
C) he thinks that you should only go to school to play sports
D) he doesn't know how to play soccer
E) Paul is not good at football
  • 11. What does this quote, "It's like we are major leaguers who've been sent down to a minor-league city to do great things, and then move back up to the big leagues"?
A) Paul's brother will skip playing football in middle school, and become a star player at college
B) Paul's brother will never be a star until he moves back to a bigger town and a bigger school
C) The community is small enough that the Fisher family will stand out and Paul's brother will be a football star and will be able to play for a professional team in the future.
D) Paul's brother will be a star soccer player in a small town and he will play for a professional team in the future
E) Paul's brother will never be a star playing for a small school
  • 12. Why is Paul's mom concerned about P.E. classes at Paul's new school?
A) P.E. class will be held in a small portable
B) the school looks run down and not well-equipped for any sport
C) Paul needs P.E. classes since he will not be playing any sports
D) her son needs P.E. to stay in shape for sports
E) Paul's poor eyesight will not let Paul participate in P.E. classes as required
  • 13. How did Paul react when he first saw Florida?
A) he wants to get a drink of water and go barefoot in the fields
B) he is sad and wants to run away
C) he is happy and wants to have a party to celebrate
D) he wants to burn down all of the trees and go back where he came from
E) he has an urge to get out and run through the fields and he thinks people should not burn down citrus trees
  • 14. Why is Paul disqualified from playing for the Lake Windsor soccer team?
A) Paul's IEP says that his eyesight is a disability and therefore he can't play
B) Paul doesn't live in the Lake Windsor district, and he should legally play for Tangerine Middle School
C) Paul would rather play football
D) Paul got into a fight with one of the players
E) Paul skipped practice too many times
  • 15. What does Paul's brother tell his friends about Paul's poor eyesight?
A) he was born with poor eyesight
B) someone pointed a laser pointer in his eyes and burned his cornea
C) he got hit with a soccer ball during a game
D) someone sprayed paint in his eyes
E) He stared too long at a solar eclipse
  • 16. Paul's dad's plan to help his son that interferes with their family life is called what?
A) Paul Fisher Football Dream
B) Paul Fisher Soccer Dream
C) Erik Fisher Football Dream
D) Erik Fisher Soccer Dream
E) The Fishers Family Dream
  • 17. What group does Mrs. Fisher work with to make rules and improvements in the community?
A) Home Improvement Association
B) PTA: Parents/Teachers Association
C) Homeowners Association
D) Community Building Association
E) Tangerine County Fire Department
  • 18. Why is Paul fascinated by the people in the freak show?
A) they move around a lot with the carnival and never have a place to call home
B) he relates to the people in the show because his poor eyesight was caused by a freak accident
C) he has never seen anything so fascinating
D) they seem to be happy with their lifestyle
E) Paul had never seen someone with body deformities
  • 19. What is the name of the entire freak show?
A) Wonders of the Universe
B) Freaky Accidents
C) Buffalo Man & Frozen Fraulein
D) Wonders of the World
E) Freaky People
  • 20. Who is covering the news story on TV about the collapsed portables into a sinkhole?
A) FOX
B) CNN
C) Channel 2
D) ESPN
E) Channel 15
  • 21. Who is the publisher of the Tangerine Times?
A) Mr. Guzman
B) Mr. Bauer
C) Mr. Fisher
D) Mr. Costello
E) Mr. Donnelly
  • 22. Why was Coach Walski Trying to get Paul disqualified from the Tangerine Middle team?
A) He has an IEP that says he is vision-impaired
B) Paul was playing out of district
C) Joey wants him to play at the other school
D) He wants Paul to be a player on his team
E) He thinks Paul is a trouble-maker
  • 23. Who escorted Paul around school on his first day at Tangerine Middle?
A) Cara
B) Shandra
C) Betty Bright
D) Theresa
E) Paige
  • 24. What does Paul notice in old family photographs?
A) He is not in them
B) He is not wearing glasses of any kind before the summer of the eclipse
C) He is a fat child
D) He has a scar on his face
E) Mr. Warner
  • 25. What scent does Paul smell as he is going to school and what is he referring to??
A) golden dawn scent to Tino's tangerines
B) sweet scent of Tino's tangerines
C) golden glow scent of Luis' tangerines
D) golden dawn scent of Luis' tangerines
E) sweet scent of Luis' tangerines
  • 26. What actually happened to Paul's vision?
A) Paint was sprayed in his eyes by Erik and his friend
B) Paul looked into a solar eclipse
C) Paul sprayed himself with spray paint
D) Paul got acid smeared in his eyes
E) Paul got kicked in the eye by a soccer ball
  • 27. What did Paul find on his father's computer?
A) a file containing information on school that Erik can attend to play football
B) a file containing information on Erik's football scholarship offers
C) a file containing information on Erik's soccer scholarship offers
D) a file containing information about what happened to Paul's vision
E) a file containing information on Paul's football scholarship offers
  • 28. Who is Shandra's brother and why does she not want her picture in the paper?
A) Arthur and she don't want to be recognized because her brother is playing on another team out of the district.
B) Antoine and she is afraid that she would be pulled off of the team since she is playing in the wrong district
C) Tino and she don't want to be recognized because her brother is playing on another team out of the district.
D) Author and she is afraid that she would be pulled off of the team since she is playing in the wrong district
E) Antoine and she don't want to be recognized because her brother is playing on another team out of the district.
  • 29. Why is Paul willing to play second string?
A) He will be playing on a co-ed team and he wants to meet one of the pretty girls
B) he can be a member of the soccer team and be protected from his brother Erik
C) Because Joey is on the team and he wants to be with his best friend
D) He is happy just to be playing soccer at all
E) he can play football without his brother Erik picking on him
  • 30. What is the name of the Soccer team from Lake Windsor?r
A) Osprey
B) War Eagles
C) Golden Glow Tangerines
D) Seagulls
E) War Hawks
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