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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Palmer's father give him as a ninth birthday gift?
(a) Boxing gloves.
(b) His photo album from his ninth birthday.
(c) Roller blades.
(d) His metal toy soldiers that were once his grandfather's.

2. What playground equipment do Palmer and the gang play on the afternoon of his party?
(a) The slide.
(b) The merry-go-gound.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The see-saw.

3. What hovers before Palmer's eyes before he runs after his friends to the playground?
(a) A hummingbird.
(b) A mosquito.
(c) A wasp.
(d) A dragonfly.

4. Where did Arthur put the body of the first ever pigeon whose neck he had rung?
(a) Wrapped it up and put it in his dresser drawer.
(b) Wrapped it up and hid it in his mother's closet.
(c) Wrapped it up and put it under his bed for kids to see.
(d) Wrapped it up and buried it in his back yard.

5. How many pigeons are gathered for the pigeon shoot, according to Palmer's dad?
(a) Five thousand.
(b) One thousand.
(c) Five hundred.
(d) Eight hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Beans' real name?

2. How does Palmer decide to handle Saturday and the pigeon shoot?

3. With what ritual do the boys in town associate Farquar?

4. What does Palmer begin to smell on his father when he sits in his dad's lap after the pigeon shoot?

5. What does Palmer feel "lurking in shadowy doorways"?

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