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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Palmer run home and leave the boys behind in Chapter 12?
(a) The gang begins to break open a crate of pigeons to harm them.
(b) He is afraid of the dark.
(c) The gang begins to steal food from the closed concession stand.
(d) The gang teases him about not wringing a pigeon's neck.

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

5. What does Beans do with the contents of the spaghetti and meatballs container from the freezer?
(a) Throws it away after he shows the gang.
(b) Gives it to Palmer as a late birthday gift.
(c) Leaves it in the freezer for his mother to find.
(d) Hammers it to the doorframe of Dorothy's house.

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

7. What do the boys begin yelling at the park when they are playing their game?
(a) "Palmer is a chicken!"
(b) "Where is Fishface?"
(c) "Who is afraid of us?"
(d) "Wringer! Wringer!"

8. What does Palmer ask the boys to check him for when the bird is gone?
(a) Scratches on his scalp.
(b) A tear to his jacket.
(c) Fleas on his head.
(d) Pigeon poop in his hair.

9. How does Palmer's dad respond when Palmer asks him if he was a wringer?
(a) He tells Palmer no, and Palmer does not have to be a wringer, either.
(b) He tells Palmer yes, and explains how much he liked it.
(c) He tells Palmer no, he does not believe in wringing.
(d) He tells Palmer yes, and assures him he will be one, too.

10. As Palmer and the gang continue treestumping and teasing Dorothy, what does Palmer expect to happen?
(a) They would be joined by other kids.
(b) They would all get bored and do something else.
(c) They would all be suspended from school.
(d) They would be aksed to go to the school counselor.

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

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

13. 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 cigar smoke.
(b) The smell of campfire smoke.
(c) The smell of gunsmoke.
(d) The smell of cigarette smoke.

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

15. What do the boys leave at Fishface's front door?
(a) A plastic bag of chocolate.
(b) A plastic bag of eggs.
(c) A plastic bag of mud and sticks.
(d) A plastic bag of garbage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other things does Beans do to try and get a reaction from Dorothy?

2. What does Beans have in the frozen spaghetti and meatballs container in his freezer?

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

4. Why does the town sponsor a pigeon shoot?

5. What hovers before Palmer's eyes before he runs after his friends to the playground?

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