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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the boys leave at Fishface's front door?
(a) A plastic bag of garbage.
(b) A plastic bag of chocolate.
(c) A plastic bag of eggs.
(d) A plastic bag of mud and sticks.

2. Where do the boys go in the middle of the night?
(a) To the soccer field to see the wringers.
(b) To the playground to ride on the rides.
(c) To the school yard to play stickball.
(d) To the old boarded up railroad station to see all of the pigeons.

3. What does Palmer hear in his dream on the night of his birthday?
(a) "Your father must respect you to give you the soldiers."
(b) "You are finally nine years old."
(c) "You are so cool."
(d) "You have run out of birthdays."

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

5. What smell comes to Palmer's nose as he walks onto the soccer field?
(a) The smell of fresh baked cookies.
(b) The smell of barbeque.
(c) The smell of gunsmoke from the pigeon shoot.
(d) The smell of roses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Palmer's dad respond when Palmer asks him if he was a wringer?

2. What does Beans do with the contents of the spaghetti and meatballs container from the freezer?

3. Where did Arthur put the body of the first ever pigeon whose neck he had rung?

4. What does Palmer believe he will receive from lasting out his time with Farquar?

5. What does Palmer know he should wish but cannot?

(see the answer key)

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