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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Palmer's dad respond when Palmer asks him if he was a wringer?
(a) He tells Palmer yes, and explains how much he liked it.
(b) He tells Palmer no, and Palmer does not have to be a wringer, either.
(c) He tells Palmer no, he does not believe in wringing.
(d) He tells Palmer yes, and assures him he will be one, too.

2. What does Palmer know he should wish but cannot?
(a) That Nipper would find a friend.
(b) That Nipper should only fly at night.
(c) That Nipper would move to Dorothy's house.
(d) That Nipper would go to a pigeon-friendlier town.

3. What is a pigeon doing if he is roosting?
(a) Flying.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Dying.

4. What does Beans have in the frozen spaghetti and meatballs container in his freezer?
(a) A rat.
(b) A muskrat.
(c) A cat.
(d) A snake.

5. What does Beans do when he sees a pigeon in the sky?
(a) Chases it and wrings its neck.
(b) Pulls out a slingshot and shoots at it.
(c) Chases after it to an alley.
(d) Pulls out a bb gun and shoots at it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the pigeon wake Palmer in the mornings?

2. What is treestumping?

3. How does Palmer feel when the boys show up to his party?

4. Where do Palmer and the kids in town go on the day it snows?

5. What does Palmer believe he will receive from lasting out his time with Farquar?

(see the answer key)

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