Tangerine Quizzes

Tangerine Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of Tangerine?
Paul Fisher

Erik Fisher

Paul Bloor

Edward Bloor
2 Who is the protagonist of Tangerine?
Paul Fisher

Tino Cruz

Betty Bright

Erik Fisher
3 Who is Castor?
Paul’s dog

Erik’s childhood friend

A man from Lake Windsor

The captain of the football team
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?
Discus

Swimming

Hurtles

Soccer
6 Where does the sink hole open up?
Under Lake Windsor Middle School

Under Tangerine Middle School

Under the carnival

Under Lake Windsor High
7 What is Mr. Fisher’s job?
He’s the high school principal

He picks oranges

He’s director of the civil engineering department

He’s the football coach
8 Who is Victor?
Captain of the War Eagles

Erik's friend

Captain of the Seagulls

Paul's neighbor
9 What state is Tangerine in?
Lousiana

Texas

California

Florida
10 What state did the Fisher family move from?
Florida

California

Texas

New York
11 Which point of view is Tangerine told from?
Omniscient

Second person

First person

Third person
12 Of whom is Paul most afraid in the story?
Erik

Joey

Mr. Fisher

Victor
13 What does Mrs. Fisher do for a living?
She doesn’t have a job

She manages the Housing Association

She’s the receptionist at a hotel

She works in the tangerine groves
14 Who is Mr. Donnelly?
A man who writes for the Tangerine Times

A man whose house was hit by lightning three times

A man who lives in Lake Windsor Downs

All of the above
15 What team does Paul play for?
Tangerine County

The War Eagles

The Alligators

The Seagulls
16 What does Paul do during the freeze?
He asks if he can help the Cruz family but his mom won’t let him

He helps the Cruz family save their trees

He stays home with his mom and drinks hot chocolate

He has a sleepover at Joey’s
17 Why does Paul go to Tangerine Middle?
Because a sink hole ruins Lake Windsor middle school

Because he begs his mom and she lets him

Because he gets in a fight at Lake Windsor middle school

None of the above
18 Who becomes Paul’s girlfriend?
Shandra

Kerry

Theresa

He doesn't have a girlfriend
19 Who dies in the novel?
Antoine Thomas

Paul's grandma

Arthur Bauer

Mike Costello
20 Who is Arthur Bauer?
A boy who gets hit by lightning

The striker on Paul’s team

A boy from Tangerine who plays on the Lake Windsor Seagulls

Erik’s mean friend
21 What does Erik plan to do when he graduates?
Travel the world

Grow tangerines

Play college football

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

Mr. Fisher

Mrs. Fisher

Paul
23 Who goes to jail in the end of the book?
Erik Fisher

Arthur Bauer

Luis Crus

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

A boy who gets hit by lightning

A member of the Lake Windsor Seagulls who lives in Lake Windsor

Erik’s best friend
25 How does Luis Cruz die?
He hits his head while working in the field

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

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

What is the outcome of the meeting?

Football practice will no longer be held in the afternoon because of lightning. Practices will be held in the morning.

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 4/25/2025 8:50 PM

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What are some discriminating things Erik does?

From the text:

I watched them in disbelief. How could they be happy? Who were these two people? Then I realized it: They were the two people who will benefit from Mike Costello's death. And they were celebrating it. Erik grabbed at Arthur's shoes...

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Describe

From the text:

"Muck fires don't go out. They're burning all the time. Burning right there under the ground, all the time. Sometimes the rain'll damp them down, but they're still smoldering.
Y'all ever hear of lignite?"
Mom and I shook our heads...

Asked by Josie W #1359261

Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/26/2025 11:13 AM

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Tangerine

by Edward Bloor

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