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