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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. Of what does Beans accuse Palmer when they are walking back to their street?
(a) Being a poor wringer.
(b) Having a pigeon.
(c) Being Dorothy's friend.
(d) Being a liar.

2. Who does Palmer decide to tell about his pet Nipper?
(a) Arthur.
(b) His parents.
(c) Dorothy.
(d) Henry.

3. What does Palmer feed the pigeon?
(a) Special K.
(b) Bread crumbs.
(c) FrankenPuffs.
(d) Bird food.

4. What does Palmer finally admit to Dorothy?
(a) He does not want to be a wringer.
(b) He does not want to go to school.
(c) He does not want to talk to his father.
(d) He does not want to learn to drive.

5. What do the boys begin yelling at the park when they are playing their game?
(a) "Where is Fishface?"
(b) "Who is afraid of us?"
(c) "Wringer! Wringer!"
(d) "Palmer is a chicken!"

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Palmer think about Henry when they are playing at the park?

2. What does Palmer try to convince the gang about the pigeon?

3. What is treestumping?

4. What other things does Beans do to try and get a reaction from Dorothy?

5. How does Palmer describe the feeling he has when he is with Dorothy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Beans begins to escalate the treestumping of Dorothy to get a reaction from her, but she gives him none. His cruel behavior escalates until Dorothy finally does react. What is her reaction, and how does this affect Palmer?

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

3. How does Palmer resolve his problems of meeting his friends at the cannon on the day of the pigeon shoot? Why? What do we learn about Palmer?

4. What chores does Palmer offer to do for himself? Why does he offer to take care of his own room?

5. For his birthday, Palmer gets an old apple core, an old sock, and a cigar butt from his new friends. What makes these gifts special? How does Palmer react to his mother's gifts?

6. Palmer begins to identify a certain smell associated with the pigeon shoot. Describe the smell and how it injects itself into Palmer's life.

7. How does Palmer come up with the name for his pigeon? What do people feel about animals when they name them? How does Palmer feel about his pigeon?

8. In Chapter 25, Palmer has a wonderful day in which he is relaxed and happy. The day dissolves into emotional distress. What happens to make Palmer nervous and upset? What two parts of Palmer's personality come into conflict?

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. What is The Treatment? What does it mean to Palmer to receive The Treatment? What does Palmer get after getting through The Treatment?

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