Literary Strategies and Devices

Answer the following questions using 3- 5 sentences.

1. What was the point of view of the story? How did the POV help layout the plot?

2. What were the symbolisms used in the story? What do they represent? Cite at least 3.

3. What were the conflicts in the story? Cite and explain at least 3.

4. The following are literary devices used in the story. Cite an example from the story for
each of the devices.
a. Flashback

b. foreshadowing

c. stereotypes

5. Discuss one theme in the story.

Quotation and Characters

Identify the character that said the following quotes and explain the trait of the
character based on the quote.

1. "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"

2. "I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can't, or won't"

3. "We're not saying, Don't practice. We're saying, Don't practice when lightning might
strike and kill a player?"

Reading Comprehension
1. Who is the author of Tangerine?
A) Edward Bloor

B) Gary Paulsen

C) Gary Soto

D) Edward Blue

E) Louis Lowry

2. What is the setting of Tangerine?

A) Tangerine County, Florida
B) Florida County, Texas
C) Tangerine County, Georgia
D) Houston, Texas
E) Tangerine County, Texas
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 to Tangerine County, Georgia
C) The Fishers are moving from Texas to Florida

D) The Fishers are moving from Florida to Texas

E) The Fishers are going camping
fit

4. Based on early descriptions, what social class do the Fisher family most likely
into?
A) low poor class

B) upper-middle class

C) low-middle class

D) rich famous class

E) upper class

5. How does the author depict Mom's character in the beginning of the story?
A) mom seems very upset and nervous
B) mom seems particular, organized, efficient, and very active
C) mom is demanding and lazy
D) mom seems unorganized, and 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) his brother punching him in the face causing his bad eyesight
C) walking home and almost run over by a black car
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 ground Paul for a week for lying
B) his parents say that he is blaming his brother because he is jealous
C) his parents discipline his brother by grounding him for a week
D) his parents dismiss it and blame it on his poor vision
him

E) his parents just tell him that his brother would not hurt him and gives
a hug
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 can see bad things that happen, but not the good things
C) he has poor vision, and he knows what mom is hiding from him about
his eyesight
D) he knows his brother protects him, but he blames him so he doesn't get
in trouble for being bad
E) he can see good things that happen, but not the bad things
9. Where does Paul and his family move from?
A) Tangerine County, Georgia

B) Houston, Texas

C) Austin, Texas

D) Versailles, Italy

E) Charleston, North Carolina

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) Paul is not good at football
D) his oldest son has a handicap and cannot play
E) he doesn't know how to play soccer
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 playing for a small school
B) 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.
C) Paul's brother will skip playing football in middle school, and become a
star player at college
D) Paul's brother will never be a star until he moves back to a bigger town
and a bigger school
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) 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) Paul's poor eyesight will not let Paul participate in P.E. classes as
required
E) her son needs P.E. to stay in shape for 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 sad and wants to run away
C) he is happy and wants to have a party to celebrate
D) he wants to get a drink of water and go barefoot in the fields
E) he wants to burn down all of the trees and go back where he came
from
14. Why is Paul disqualified from playing for the Lake Windsor soccer team?
A) Paul doesn't live in the Lake Windsor district, and he should legally play
for Tangerine Middle School
B) Paul's IEP says that his eyesight is a disability and therefore he can't
play
C) Paul got into a fight with one of the players
D) Paul skipped practice too many times
E) Paul would rather play football
15. What does Paul's brother tell his friends about Paul's poor eyesight?
A) He stared too long at a solar eclipse
B) someone pointed a laser pointer in his eyes and burned his cornea
C) someone sprayed paint in his eyes
D) he was born with poor eyesight
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) Erik Fisher Football Dream
B) Erik Fisher Soccer Dream
C) Paul Fisher Football Dream
D) Paul Fisher Soccer Dream
E) The Fishers Family Dream
the

17. What group does Mrs. Fisher work with to make rules and improvements in
community?
A) Home Improvement Association
B) PTA: Parents/Teachers Association
C) Community Building Association
D) Tangerine County Fire Department
E) Homeowners Association
18. Why is Paul fascinated by the people in the freak show?
A) they seem to be happy with their lifestyle
B) he relates to the people in the show because his poor eyesight was
caused by a freak accident
C) they move around a lot with the carnival and never have a place to
call home
D) Paul had never seen someone with body deformities
E) he has never seen anything so fascinating
19. What is the name of the entire freak show?
A) Buffalo Man & Frozen Fraulein
B) Freaky Accidents
C) Wonders of the Universe
D) Freaky People
E) Wonders of the World

20. Who is covering the news story on TV about the collapsed portables into a
sinkhole?
A) Channel 2

B) ESPN

C) CNN

D) FOX

E) Channel 15

21. Who is the publisher of the Tangerine Times?

A) Mr. Donnelly

B) Mr. Bauer

C) Mr. Guzman

D) Mr. Costello

E) Mr. Fisher

22. Why was Coach Walski Trying to get Paul disqualified from the Tangerine
Middle
team?
A) He wants Paul to be a player on his team
B) He has an IEP that says he is vision-impaired
C) Paul was playing out of district
D) Joey wants him to play at the other school
E) He thinks Paul is a trouble-maker
23. Who escorted Paul around school on his first day at Tangerine Middle?
A) Betty Bright

B) Theresa

C) Shandra

D) Paige

E) Cara

24. What does Paul notice in old family photographs?

A) He has a scar on his face
B) He is not in them
C) He is not wearing glasses of any kind before the summer of the eclipse
D) Mr. Warner
E) He is a fat child