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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 decide to handle Saturday and the pigeon shoot?
(a) He leaves with his family for the weekend.
(b) He goes with Dorothy's family to the neighboring town to shop.
(c) He pretends to be sick and stays home all day.
(d) He runs away from home.

2. What does Palmer try to convince the gang about the pigeon?
(a) He wants them to think he has never seen a pigeon.
(b) He wants them to believe it did not happen.
(c) He wants them to believe it was a crow.
(d) He wants them to think his father is practicing for the shoot.

3. Before going to sleep, what does Palmer do with his flashlight?
(a) Checks his parent's room.
(b) Checks outside his window.
(c) Checks inside his closet.
(d) Checks the bathroom.

4. 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 wrung a pigeon's neck in the middle of a family picnic.
(d) He gathered up all of the dead pigeons in a bag.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Fishface?

2. What does Palmer ask of his mother one evening before bed?

3. How does Palmer's dad respond when Palmer asks him if he was a wringer?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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