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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dorothy begin laughing when Palmer is talking seriously about Nipper's possible fate?
(a) Because Nipper is sitting on Palmer's head.
(b) Because Nipper is imitating Palmer's walk.
(c) Because Nipper has knocked over the comic books.
(d) Because Nipper has shot a basket with the Nerf ball.

2. Who do the boys see at the playground on Palmer's birthday?
(a) Palmer's mother.
(b) Bean's grandmother.
(c) Dorothy.
(d) Farquar.

3. What disconcerting information does Dorothy give to Palmer during the shoot?
(a) She let Nipper loose at the beach.
(b) She let Nipper loose at the railroad yards.
(c) She let Nipper loose at the neighboring town.
(d) She has kept Nipper in her closet all this time.

4. Who is the one person who does not care about Palmer's bruised arm?
(a) Nipper.
(b) Beans.
(c) Palmer's mother.
(d) Dorothy.

5. How many different colors does Palmer count on the pigeon while the bird eats?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the town sponsor a pigeon shoot?

2. What do Beans, Mutto, Henry and Palmer sometimes call themselves?

3. For the gang, what makes a birthday official?

4. Why does Beans continue to treestump and tease Dorothy?

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

(see the answer key)

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