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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 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 hid behind his father, afraid of the falling pigeon feathers.
(d) He wrung a pigeon's neck in the middle of a family picnic.

2. Who is Fishface?
(a) The fourth grade teacher.
(b) Dorothy Gruzik.
(c) Palmer's mother.
(d) Palmer.

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

4. What are the presents the boys give Palmer?
(a) A bell for his bike, a Monopoly game, a pirate game.
(b) A basketball, a pirate costume, a DVD.
(c) A brown apple core, a dirty sock, an old cigar butt.
(d) A Lego kit, a bow and arrow, a DVD.

5. In Palmer's dream, what does a pigeon's eye look like?
(a) A coat button, blue with an orange center.
(b) A shirt button, black with an orange dot in the center.
(c) A shirt button, orange with a black dot in the center.
(d) A coat button, orange with a black ring around it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Palmer feel "lurking in shadowy doorways"?

3. What do the boys leave at Fishface's front door?

4. Who do the boys see at the playground on Palmer's birthday?

5. What is the thing Palmer does not want to do?

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