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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Palmer ask of his mother one evening before bed?
(a) Palmer asks her to please call him Snots.
(b) Palmer asks her to please do his laundry.
(c) Palmer asks her to please knock before coming in to his room.
(d) Palmer asks her to please buy pigeon food.

2. What are some of the things Palmer apologizes for?
(a) Calling Dorothy ugly, the Panther prank, treestumping.
(b) Hitting Dorothy, ruining her hopscotch game, teasing her.
(c) Pelting Dorothy with mud, a cat trick, teasing her.
(d) Calling Dorothy Fishface, the muskrat prank, treestumping.

3. What special food does Palmer get for his pigeon?
(a) Frosted miniwheats.
(b) Honey Crunchers.
(c) Graham crackers.
(d) FrankenPuffs.

4. Who does Palmer question about Nipper when the bird does not come home?
(a) The golden bird on his father's trophy.
(b) HIs parents.
(c) The mailman.
(d) The neighborhood cat.

5. Where is Palmer to meet the gang on Saturday for the pigeon shoot?
(a) At the ferris wheel.
(b) At the World War I cannon.
(c) At the pigeon cages.
(d) At the baseball field.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Palmer feel when the boys show up to his party?

2. Where does Palmer's pigeon sleep?

3. What is treestumping?

4. How many pigeons are gathered for the pigeon shoot, according to Palmer's dad?

5. As Palmer and the gang continue treestumping and teasing Dorothy, what does Palmer expect to happen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Once he has decided to name and keep Nipper, Palmer realizes he must divert the gang from coming to his house. Why does he want to keep the boys away? What are some of the excuses he invents?

2. What scene do Mutto, Beans and Henry enact at the park? How does Palmer react to their display? Why does he react this way?

3. What are some of Palmer's memories of his first pigeon shoot? What does this tell us about Palmer?

4. In Chapter 15, Palmer goes through a series of emotional reactions to the pigeon tapping on his window. What are some of those reactions?

5. Who does Palmer find in his room the night before the pigeon shoot? Why? What do we learn about Palmer?

6. When the gang attacks Dorothy with snow balls on the first day of school, Palmer joins in without hesitation. How does he rationalize his behavior toward her?

7. When the boys find Farquar, he is on the soccer field and all but Palmer rush over to see him. Why does Palmer lag behind? What is he experiencing walking onto the field?

8. Palmer comes home after the boys see a pigeon flying overhead and he cries. Why is he crying? What does he admit about his day?

9. Palmer describes the wish he should make after Nipper has been seen in the sky by the gang. What is that wish? Why can't he make that wish?

10. How does Palmer react in Chapter 13 when he is awakened by tapping? Who does he think is at the window? What does he find?

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