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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The next day as they leave on their bikes, where do Palmer and Dorothy tell their families they are going?
(a) On an early morning breakfast picnic at the park.
(b) To a friend's house to play.
(c) On a twenty mile long bike ride.
(d) To the bike trail to meet the other kids for a bike ride.

2. For the gang, what makes a birthday official?
(a) Cake and ice cream.
(b) A pigeon shoot.
(c) The Treatment.
(d) Turning ten.

3. What does Mr. LaRue think of Palmer's friend Nipper?
(a) He is furious and wants Nipper out of the house immediately.
(b) He feels sorry for his son because he has to be a wringer this summer.
(c) He explains he is allergic to birds.
(d) He has accepted Nipper and even goes to see him at night with a flashlight.

4. What are some of the ways Palmer says the gang might try to kill Nipper?
(a) Nets, pellet guns, and traps.
(b) Slingshots, BB guns, and poison.
(c) Slingshots, pellet guns, and nets.
(d) Poison, traps, and slingshots.

5. What does Palmer's mother tell him she has seen on the stairway of the house?
(a) A grey pigeon.
(b) A yellow cat.
(c) A brown dog.
(d) A black cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Palmer begin to smell on his father when he sits in his dad's lap after the pigeon shoot?

2. What are the sacrifices Palmer sees he has made in order to save Nipper?

3. What does Palmer realize he has left in his room?

4. Palmer tells Dorothy there are two things they need to do so that Nipper will not come back. What are they?

5. Where do Beans and the gang take Palmer the day after his birthday?

(see the answer key)

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