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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the thing Palmer does not want to do?
(a) Be a big brother.
(b) Be a son.
(c) Be a wringer.
(d) Be an 'A' student.

2. Who is tapping at Palmer's window early one morning?
(a) Beans and Mutto.
(b) A squirrel.
(c) A pigeon.
(d) Dorothy.

3. Where does Palmer imagine Beans lives?
(a) In an orphanage.
(b) In a mansion with his parents.
(c) In a lean-to or a cave by the creek.
(d) In a shelter for the homeless.

4. With whom does Palmer attend his second pigeon shoot?
(a) Dorothy Gruzik.
(b) Beans, Mutto and Henry.
(c) His aunt and cousins.
(d) His mother and father.

5. How does Palmer feel when he arrives home after school and finds the pigeon gone?
(a) Relieved that the gang will not see the pigeon.
(b) Lonely to have lost a friend.
(c) Sad to see the pigeon had left.
(d) Frightened to be alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Palmer find in his bedroom in the middle of the night?

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

3. What does Beans tell the gang?

4. Who is Fishface?

5. What does Palmer feel "lurking in shadowy doorways"?

(see the answer key)

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