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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 playground equipment do Palmer and the gang play on the afternoon of his party?
(a) The slide.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The merry-go-gound.
(d) The see-saw.

2. With what ritual do the boys in town associate Farquar?
(a) The Birthday Cake.
(b) The Playground Bully.
(c) The Treatment.
(d) The BIrthday Spankings.

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

4. How does Palmer feel running with the boys?
(a) Let down.
(b) Alone.
(c) Excited.
(d) Frightened.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Palmer's dream, what does a pigeon's eye look like?

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

3. Who is Fishface?

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

5. How old was Palmer on his first Pigeon Day?

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