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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Palmer begin to smell on his father when he sits in his dad's lap after the pigeon shoot?
(a) The smell of gunsmoke.
(b) The smell of cigar smoke.
(c) The smell of campfire smoke.
(d) The smell of cigarette smoke.

2. How old was Palmer on his first Pigeon Day?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

3. Where do the gang go after Beans has opened his presents?
(a) Farquar's house for The Treatment.
(b) The park to play soccer.
(c) The playground to slide.
(d) Palmer's house to play basketball.

4. What smell comes to Palmer's nose as he walks onto the soccer field?
(a) The smell of roses.
(b) The smell of fresh baked cookies.
(c) The smell of gunsmoke from the pigeon shoot.
(d) The smell of barbeque.

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

6. Where is Palmer to meet the gang on Saturday for the pigeon shoot?
(a) At the ferris wheel.
(b) At the World War I cannon.
(c) At the pigeon cages.
(d) At the baseball field.

7. Why did Palmer have trouble concentrating at school?
(a) He was thinking about Dorothy.
(b) He was thinking about who had been tapping on his window.
(c) He was thinking about sledding.
(d) He was getting sick.

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

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

10. While he is with the gang deciding what to do next, what amazing thing happens to Palmer in front of the gang?
(a) Nipper bites Beans on the nose.
(b) Nipper lands on his head.
(c) He falls and breaks his leg.
(d) Palmer kisses Dorothy.

11. What does Beans do when he sees a pigeon in the sky?
(a) Chases after it to an alley.
(b) Chases it and wrings its neck.
(c) Pulls out a bb gun and shoots at it.
(d) Pulls out a slingshot and shoots at it.

12. What does the pigeon do when Palmer opens the window the second evening?
(a) The pigeon flies away.
(b) The pigeon hops to the desk and looks at Palmer.
(c) The pigeon walks into Palmer's bedroom and up to his head.
(d) The pigeon flies around the room squawking.

13. Why does Beans continue to treestump and tease Dorothy?
(a) He has a crush on her.
(b) He wants his mother to punish him.
(c) He wants to make her quit school.
(d) He wants to get a reaction from her.

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

15. What story do people tell about Arthur at the pigeon shoot one summer before he is a wringer?
(a) He became frightened and could not wring a pigeon's neck.
(b) He hid behind his father, afraid of the falling pigeon feathers.
(c) He wrung a pigeon's neck in the middle of a family picnic.
(d) He gathered up all of the dead pigeons in a bag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Palmer give his pigeon?

2. Why does the town sponsor a pigeon shoot?

3. What does Beans do with the contents of the spaghetti and meatballs container from the freezer?

4. What does Palmer hear in his dream on the night of his birthday?

5. How does Palmer describe the feeling he has when he is with Dorothy?

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