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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Beans holding when he came to the door the morning after the party?
(a) Palmer's baseball cap.
(b) Dorothy's diary.
(c) The Nerf ball with Nipper's name on it.
(d) The basketball Palmer got for his birthday.

2. What does Palmer come to realize about releasing Nipper?
(a) He is glad he did not have to release Nipper himself.
(b) He should have sent him to Dorothy's.
(c) He made a big mistake.
(d) His tension and anxiety are gone.

3. What does Palmer explain to Dorothy when he tells her about his afternoon disagreement with the gang?
(a) Beans is no longer interested in hurting Nipper, only Palmer.
(b) Beans knows about Nipper and is going to try and hurt him.
(c) Beans got his nickname from eating beans from a can.
(d) Beans has kicked Palmer out of the group and he is sad.

4. Why does Dorothy begin laughing when Palmer is talking seriously about Nipper's possible fate?
(a) Because Nipper is imitating Palmer's walk.
(b) Because Nipper has shot a basket with the Nerf ball.
(c) Because Nipper has knocked over the comic books.
(d) Because Nipper is sitting on Palmer's head.

5. Why can't Palmer ask the gang over to see for themselves that the pigeon is gone?
(a) There is still pigeon poop all over the floors and bookshelves.
(b) His mother will never allow them in the house again.
(c) His mother keeps the door to his room locked now.
(d) There is still cereal and other foods in the closet.

6. What does Palmer imagine the gang is doing while he is hiding from them?
(a) Telling people Palmer was too chicken to get The Treatment and ran away.
(b) Asking people about him and telling people he has a pigeon for a pet.
(c) Telling people he stole from the grocery store and they are looking for him.
(d) Asking people if they have seen him and if so to call the police.

7. What do the boys run in to the den to look at again and again?
(a) The family portrait.
(b) Mr. LaRue's big screen television.
(c) Mr. LaRue's Sharpshooter Award.
(d) The dart board.

8. What does Palmer do with his toy soldiers the day after the big battle he had staged with them and the enemy eraser?
(a) He puts them in his closet in a new box.
(b) He buries them in the back yard.
(c) He gives them back to his father.
(d) He puts them back in his dresser drawer.

9. Why does Palmer run upstairs after hearing about the cat?
(a) He knows there is no cat and she thinks he has a pigeon.
(b) He knows she saw Panther, and wants to check on Nipper.
(c) He wants to make sure his windows are all closed.
(d) He is afraid he will tell his mother about Nipper.

10. Why is Palmer feeling so badly on his birthday?
(a) He knows his parents will find out about Nipper.
(b) He knows he will never have a brother.
(c) He knows he will have more chores around the house.
(d) He knows he will now have to be a wringer.

11. Where does Palmer's dad take him one evening, just the two of them?
(a) To a basketball game at the downtown arena.
(b) To the mall to play video games.
(c) To a baseball game in a nearby town.
(d) To the movies to see "Independence Day."

12. What did Palmer notice Mutto was carrying in his pocket on the way home from school?
(a) A BB gun.
(b) A dart.
(c) A slingshot.
(d) Candy.

13. What does Dorothy do on Palmer's birthday?
(a) She comes to his party.
(b) She gives him a kiss.
(c) She brings him a huge present.
(d) She calls him that night.

14. What stories do the children hear about the pigeons in their crates awaiting the shoot?
(a) The crates have been broken into and pigeons killed.
(b) The crates have been locked tight for weeks now.
(c) The crates are piled as high as a ten-year-old boy.
(d) There are not enough pigeons yet for the shoot.

15. The next day as they leave on their bikes, where do Palmer and Dorothy tell their families they are going?
(a) To a friend's house to play.
(b) To the bike trail to meet the other kids for a bike ride.
(c) On a twenty mile long bike ride.
(d) On an early morning breakfast picnic at the park.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Palmer believe left the message on his cake?

2. How has Palmer's dad been treating him since Nipper left?

3. As Palmer walks away, Nipper in his hands, what does he hear a small child say?

4. What does Dorothy suggest Palmer do to end his problem of not wanting to be a wringer?

5. What was Palmer fearful the teacher would notice about him?

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