Question 1

Why is Paul kicked off the soccer team at Lake Windsor Middle School?

Accepted Answer

The school’s insurance policy won’t cover him

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He got into a fight with another player

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The coach thinks he isn’t good enough

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He is caught cheating on a test

Question 2

How does Paul react after being told he can’t play soccer?

Accepted Answer

He cries on the sideline and then leaves without arguing further

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He argues with the coach and threatens to quit school

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He accepts the decision calmly and volunteers as team manager

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He challenges the coach to a one-on-one match

Question 3

What nickname do Paul’s teammates give him?

Accepted Answer

Mars

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Eagle Eye

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Hawk

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The Shadow

Question 4

How does Paul’s father respond to him being kicked off the team?

Accepted Answer

He convinces the coach to let Paul be the team manager

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He immediately threatens to sue the school

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He says he never wanted Paul to play soccer in the first place

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He says it’s not a big deal and tells Paul to focus on school

Question 5

Why does Paul refuse to be the team manager?

Accepted Answer

He doesn’t want to be a “water boy” instead of a player

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He is afraid of getting bullied by the other players

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He is angry at his father and wants to rebel

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He wants to switch to football instead

Question 6

What does Paul notice about Mike Costello’s body at the wake?

Accepted Answer

His head and hand have no hair

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He is buried in his football uniform

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His face is covered

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His hands are folded in a praying position

Question 7

What shocking event happens at Lake Windsor Middle School?

Accepted Answer

A sinkhole swallows part of the school

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A flood washes away the soccer field

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A fire burns down the gymnasium

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A tornado destroys the football field

Question 8

How does Paul react to the sinkhole disaster?

Accepted Answer

He helps rescue trapped students from the collapsing portables

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He starts crying and refuses to move

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He hides inside the main school building

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He panics and runs away

Question 9

What does Joey suggest Paul’s family should do after he is kicked off the soccer team?

Accepted Answer

File a lawsuit for discrimination

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Ignore the situation and hope it gets resolved

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Enroll Paul in football instead

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Move to another school district

Question 10

Joey's dad is...

Accepted Answer

a lawyer.

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an engineer.

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a doctor.

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a teacher.

Question 11

Why does Paul want to transfer to Tangerine Middle School?

Accepted Answer

He wants to be closer to Joey

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His parents are forcing him to go

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He thinks the students there are friendlier

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He wants to play soccer without restrictions

Question 12

What is all Paul is ever going to get from the Lake Windsor soccer program?

Accepted Answer

the nickname Mars.

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the ability to carry water.

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the bad reputation.

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the uniform.

Question 13

The funeral is the same day as the wake.

Accepted Answer

false

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true

Question 14

What are migrant workers?

Accepted Answer

Seasonal laborers, often in agriculture, who travel to different locations to harvest crops.

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Workers who migrate from the city to the suburbs to find office jobs.

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Construction workers who move from job to job building new housing developments.

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Employees who work at the Tangerine County school district and relocate for different teaching assignments.

Question 15

Who hassles Paul outside of the carnival?

Accepted Answer

a kid from Tangerine Middle School.

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Paul's ex-soccer teammates.

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Joey and his friends.

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a group of Erik's friends.

Question 16

Paul is jealous of a boy called Adam because he spends time with Kerri at the carnival.

Accepted Answer

true

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false

Question 17

Paul gets in trouble because the boys from Tangerine Middle tell on him.

Accepted Answer

false

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true

Question 18

Paul walks home by himself after the sinkhole incident.

Accepted Answer

true

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false

Question 19

The reason this sinkhole had done such massive damage to the school was that all the portables were connected by wooden walkways.

Accepted Answer

true

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false

Question 20

Where is Old Charley Burns when the sinkhole happens?

Accepted Answer

He is at a race.

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He is in the office.

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He has been fired.

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He is at the school.

Question 21

When would the sixth graders go back to school?

Accepted Answer

Thursday

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Three months from now

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The following week

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Monday

Question 22

The condemned area includes..

Question 23

Dad becomes...

Accepted Answer

the new Director of Civil Engineering for Tangerine County.

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the leader of the Homeowner's Association.

Question 24

Instead of inspecting new development plans, Charley Burns has been...

Accepted Answer

"living the high life— either at a Florida Gators game or at a stock-car race."

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"running Florida University's football team."

Question 25

Mom wants Paul to go to...

Accepted Answer

a Catholic school, St. Anthony's.

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Tangerine Middle School

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Lake Windsor Down Middle

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stay with his grandparents

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