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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the boys go in the middle of the night?
(a) To the soccer field to see the wringers.
(b) To the school yard to play stickball.
(c) To the playground to ride on the rides.
(d) To the old boarded up railroad station to see all of the pigeons.

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

3. Why does the town sponsor a pigeon shoot?
(a) To raise money for the transit system.
(b) To raise money for the playground.
(c) To raise money for the baseball team.
(d) To raise money for the school.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Palmer and the gang attack with snowballs on their way to school one morning?

2. Where does Palmer's pigeon sleep?

3. With what ritual do the boys in town associate Farquar?

4. What is treestumping?

5. Who has Palmer invited to his birthday party?

(see the answer key)

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