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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 begin yelling at the park when they are playing their game?
(a) "Palmer is a chicken!"
(b) "Where is Fishface?"
(c) "Who is afraid of us?"
(d) "Wringer! Wringer!"

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

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

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

5. What does Palmer hear in his dream on the night of his birthday?
(a) "You have run out of birthdays."
(b) "Your father must respect you to give you the soldiers."
(c) "You are so cool."
(d) "You are finally nine years old."

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Fishface?

5. What does Palmer think about Henry when they are playing at the park?

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