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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other things does Beans do to try and get a reaction from Dorothy?
(a) Make faces, screams, dumps beans on her shoes, takes her hat.
(b) Trips her, calls her names, rips up her homework papers.
(c) Screams, steals her books, throws her papers away.
(d) Pushes her, screams, throws her hat away.

2. Who does Palmer find in his room when he comes home from Beans's party?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Henry.
(d) His mother.

3. Who is Panther?
(a) A dog who bites people.
(b) A mean and unfriendly cat.
(c) A new member of the gang.
(d) A real panther who comes out at night.

4. What is the nickname the boys give Palmer at his party?
(a) Fishface.
(b) Snots.
(c) Squirt.
(d) Jelly.

5. What does Palmer declare in front of the gang?
(a) "I am moving to another city!"
(b) "I am going to be the best wringer there ever was!"
(c) "I am going to run away from home!"
(d) "I am not going to speak to Dorothy again!"

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

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

8. What special food does Palmer get for his pigeon?
(a) FrankenPuffs.
(b) Graham crackers.
(c) Frosted miniwheats.
(d) Honey Crunchers.

9. What hovers before Palmer's eyes before he runs after his friends to the playground?
(a) A dragonfly.
(b) A hummingbird.
(c) A mosquito.
(d) A wasp.

10. 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 cigarette smoke.
(c) The smell of campfire smoke.
(d) The smell of cigar smoke.

11. What does Palmer know he should wish but cannot?
(a) That Nipper should only fly at night.
(b) That Nipper would go to a pigeon-friendlier town.
(c) That Nipper would move to Dorothy's house.
(d) That Nipper would find a friend.

12. With whom does Palmer attend his second pigeon shoot?
(a) Beans, Mutto and Henry.
(b) Dorothy Gruzik.
(c) His mother and father.
(d) His aunt and cousins.

13. What does Palmer give Dorothy to use in hopes of getting Nipper to stand on her head?
(a) A handful of Frankenbursts.
(b) A few peanuts.
(c) A piece of candy.
(d) A piece of cotton for her ear.

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

15. What do the boys see after pulling their prank at Dorothy's house?
(a) A pigeon flying in the sky.
(b) A cat with a mouse in its mouth.
(c) A hawk flying overhead.
(d) A jet airplane in the sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new experience does Palmer have when falling asleep after talking to his mother?

2. Where do Palmer and the kids in town go on the day it snows?

3. Why did Palmer have trouble concentrating at school?

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

5. When Palmer asks his mother why the boy wrung the pigeon's neck, what does she say?

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