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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the thing Palmer does not want to do?
(a) Be a big brother.
(b) Be an 'A' student.
(c) Be a wringer.
(d) Be a son.

2. What does Palmer believe he will receive from lasting out his time with Farquar?
(a) A birthday party at school.
(b) Respect from Dorothy.
(c) The honor and respect of the other kids.
(d) A new bike.

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 so cool."
(c) "You are finally nine years old."
(d) "You have run out of birthdays."

4. Who do the boys see at the playground on Palmer's birthday?
(a) Palmer's mother.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) Farquar.
(d) Bean's grandmother.

5. How does Palmer feel when the boys show up to his party?
(a) He feels he is finally accepted into their group.
(b) He is happy to have a party.
(c) He is surprised since he had not invited these boys.
(d) He is scared of them and closes the door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hovers before Palmer's eyes before he runs after his friends to the playground?

2. What do the boys begin yelling at the park when they are playing their game?

3. How does Palmer describe the weeks following his birthday?

4. What does Palmer begin to smell on his father when he sits in his dad's lap after the pigeon shoot?

5. What is Beans' real name?

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