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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Palmer begin to smell on his father when he sits in his dad's lap after the pigeon shoot?
(a) The smell of cigar smoke.
(b) The smell of gunsmoke.
(c) The smell of campfire smoke.
(d) The smell of cigarette smoke.

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 name does Palmer give his pigeon?
(a) Nipper.
(b) Dipper.
(c) Skipper.
(d) Flipper.

4. What does the pigeon do when Palmer opens the window the second evening?
(a) The pigeon flies around the room squawking.
(b) The pigeon flies away.
(c) The pigeon walks into Palmer's bedroom and up to his head.
(d) The pigeon hops to the desk and looks at Palmer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beans do with the contents of the spaghetti and meatballs container from the freezer?

2. What is a pigeon doing if he is roosting?

3. What does Palmer say to Nipper when the bird comes home after his flight over the town?

4. How does Palmer describe the weeks following his birthday?

5. Where does Palmer's pigeon sleep?

(see the answer key)

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