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

2. What story do people tell about Arthur at the pigeon shoot one summer before he is a wringer?
(a) He gathered up all of the dead pigeons in a bag.
(b) He became frightened and could not wring a pigeon's neck.
(c) He wrung a pigeon's neck in the middle of a family picnic.
(d) He hid behind his father, afraid of the falling pigeon feathers.

3. What does Palmer's father give him as a ninth birthday gift?
(a) Boxing gloves.
(b) His photo album from his ninth birthday.
(c) His metal toy soldiers that were once his grandfather's.
(d) Roller blades.

4. What does Palmer think about Henry when they are playing at the park?
(a) Henry is the outcast and Palmer will take his place.
(b) Henry is the meekest and prey to the others.
(c) Henry is shorter than the other two boys.
(d) Henry is the leader and likes Palmer.

5. With whom does Palmer attend his second pigeon shoot?
(a) His aunt and cousins.
(b) His mother and father.
(c) Beans, Mutto and Henry.
(d) Dorothy Gruzik.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the nickname the boys give Palmer at his party?

3. With what ritual do the boys in town associate Farquar?

4. What is Beans' real name?

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

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