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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Palmer imagine Beans lives?
(a) In a mansion with his parents.
(b) In a shelter for the homeless.
(c) In a lean-to or a cave by the creek.
(d) In an orphanage.

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

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

4. How does Palmer react to what his mother tells him?
(a) He denies everything and gets angry.
(b) He cries in relief in her arms.
(c) He says he will clean his room that night.
(d) He asks her to leave his room.

5. What does Palmer feel "lurking in shadowy doorways"?
(a) The end of school.
(b) Bean's birthday party.
(c) His mother's wrath.
(d) The pigeon shoot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Palmer give his pigeon?

2. How does Palmer react to Bean's accusation?

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

4. When Palmer asks his mother why the boy wrung the pigeon's neck, what does she say?

5. What do the boys see after pulling their prank at Dorothy's house?

(see the answer key)

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