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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Palmer realize he has left in his room?
(a) HIs flashlight.
(b) Nipper's bed.
(c) The Honey Crunchers he feeds Nipper.
(d) HIs pillow.

3. What does Dorothy do on Palmer's birthday?
(a) She comes to his party.
(b) She gives him a kiss.
(c) She calls him that night.
(d) She brings him a huge present.

4. What does Palmer find in his bedroom when he rushes in?
(a) Nipper at the window and Dorothy shooting baskets.
(b) His mother looking at the mess in his room.
(c) Dorothy playing with Nipper and his Nerf ball.
(d) Nipper at the window and the yellow cat on his bed.

5. What happens when Dorothy and Palmer return to Palmer's bedroom?
(a) Palmer's mother has fresh baked cookies waiting.
(b) Palmer's father wants to go to a ball game.
(c) Beans and Mutto are waiting at the door.
(d) Nipper is waiting at the window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Palmer and his friends go after cake and ice cream?

2. At the end of the day, why does Palmer feel he can smile?

3. What does Palmer know he should wish but cannot?

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

5. How does the pigeon wake Palmer in the mornings?

(see the answer key)

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