Tangerine Quizzes

Tangerine Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of Tangerine?
Edward Bloor

Paul Bloor

Paul Fisher

Erik Fisher
2 Who is the protagonist of Tangerine?
Betty Bright

Tino Cruz

Erik Fisher

Paul Fisher
3 Who is Castor?
A man from Lake Windsor

Erik’s childhood friend

The captain of the football team

Paul’s dog
4 Who discovers that Erik is the thief?
Paul Fisher

Mr. Fisher

Betty Bright

Mrs. Fisher
5 Betty Bright used to be an Olympic athlete. What was her sport?
Soccer

Hurtles

Discus

Swimming
6 Where does the sink hole open up?
Under Tangerine Middle School

Under Lake Windsor High

Under Lake Windsor Middle School

Under the carnival
7 What is Mr. Fisher’s job?
He picks oranges

He’s the high school principal

He’s the football coach

He’s director of the civil engineering department
8 Who is Victor?
Captain of the Seagulls

Captain of the War Eagles

Paul's neighbor

Erik's friend
9 What state is Tangerine in?
Texas

Lousiana

Florida

California
10 What state did the Fisher family move from?
New York

California

Texas

Florida
11 Which point of view is Tangerine told from?
Omniscient

First person

Third person

Second person
12 Of whom is Paul most afraid in the story?
Mr. Fisher

Victor

Erik

Joey
13 What does Mrs. Fisher do for a living?
She’s the receptionist at a hotel

She doesn’t have a job

She works in the tangerine groves

She manages the Housing Association
14 Who is Mr. Donnelly?
A man whose house was hit by lightning three times

A man who writes for the Tangerine Times

A man who lives in Lake Windsor Downs

All of the above
15 What team does Paul play for?
The Seagulls

The War Eagles

Tangerine County

The Alligators
16 What does Paul do during the freeze?
He has a sleepover at Joey’s

He asks if he can help the Cruz family but his mom won’t let him

He stays home with his mom and drinks hot chocolate

He helps the Cruz family save their trees
17 Why does Paul go to Tangerine Middle?
Because a sink hole ruins Lake Windsor middle school

Because he gets in a fight at Lake Windsor middle school

Because he begs his mom and she lets him

None of the above
18 Who becomes Paul’s girlfriend?
He doesn't have a girlfriend

Shandra

Kerry

Theresa
19 Who dies in the novel?
Mike Costello

Paul's grandma

Antoine Thomas

Arthur Bauer
20 Who is Arthur Bauer?
Erik’s mean friend

A boy who gets hit by lightning

The striker on Paul’s team

A boy from Tangerine who plays on the Lake Windsor Seagulls
21 What does Erik plan to do when he graduates?
Play college football

Grow tangerines

Travel the world

Become an engineer
22 Who finds out that Erik has been stealing from the neighors?
Mr. Fisher

Paul

Mr. Donnelly

Mrs. Fisher
23 Who goes to jail in the end of the book?
Luis Crus

Antoine Thomas

Arthur Bauer

Erik Fisher
24 Who is Antoine Thomas?
A member of the Lake Windsor Seagulls who lives in Tangerine

Erik’s best friend

A boy who gets hit by lightning

A member of the Lake Windsor Seagulls who lives in Lake Windsor
25 How does Luis Cruz die?
He hits his head while working in the field

Arthur hits him on the head with a blackjack after Erik tells him to and he dies of an aneurism the next week

Antoine Thomas hits him on the head and he dies on the spot

Erik hits him on the head with a blackjack and he dies of an aneurism the next week

Coach Bright states, “The title is ours to win. Like they say in the big leagues, we’re in control of our own destiny.” In your opinion, are Paul and the other War Eagles in charge of their destiny? Why or why not?

In my opinion, it takes the mindset of a champion to be a champion..... the mental game is considered just as important as the physical game. Champions never give up, they never let the other team rattle them, and they play every minute without...

Asked by Aliyah B #1004844

Answered by jill d #170087 on 4/15/2020 1:09 PM

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How did Paul Fishers dad get get his job

Paul's father is a civil engineer. He's moved his family to Tangerine to take up a new job as deputy director of the county's civil engineering department. He later becomes the director in the wake of a corruption scandal involving his...

Asked by Taevan H #1337978

Answered by Aslan on 3/1/2024 3:21 AM

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How did the homeowner's Association tried to solve the problem of the muck fires? How had these efforts proven to be unsuccessful?

The Homeowner's Association tried to put it out the muckfires by dumping water on them.

Asked by Ruby H #1337593

Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/28/2024 11:54 PM

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Tangerine

by Edward Bloor

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