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

2. How does Palmer describe the weeks following his birthday?
(a) A barrel of laughs with the gang.
(b) A parade and Palmer is the grand marshall.
(c) A lonely and anxious time.
(d) A time like any other.

3. Who is the one person who does not care about Palmer's bruised arm?
(a) Beans.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) Nipper.
(d) Palmer's mother.

4. What hovers before Palmer's eyes before he runs after his friends to the playground?
(a) A hummingbird.
(b) A dragonfly.
(c) A wasp.
(d) A mosquito.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who has Palmer invited to his birthday party?

5. How many pigeons are gathered for the pigeon shoot, according to Palmer's dad?

(see the answer key)

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