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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does Palmer give his pigeon?
(a) Flipper.
(b) Nipper.
(c) Dipper.
(d) Skipper.

2. What does Palmer feel "lurking in shadowy doorways"?
(a) His mother's wrath.
(b) The end of school.
(c) Bean's birthday party.
(d) The pigeon shoot.

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

4. How does the pigeon wake Palmer in the mornings?
(a) Walking on his head.
(b) Tapping on the window.
(c) Flying around the room.
(d) Nipping at his earlobe.

5. Where do Palmer and the kids in town go on the day it snows?
(a) Valentine's HIll.
(b) Hannukah Hill.
(c) Mardi Gras Mountain.
(d) Christmas Mountain.

6. What does Palmer think to himself when Beans makes his announcement to his friends at the soccer field?
(a) He wonders if Beans will really be a wringer.
(b) His tenth birthday is in three months.
(c) He cannot wait to turn ten.
(d) He thinks Beans is faking it being so happy.

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

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

9. Who does Palmer question about Nipper when the bird does not come home?
(a) The mailman.
(b) The neighborhood cat.
(c) HIs parents.
(d) The golden bird on his father's trophy.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What is Beans' real name?
(a) Arthur LaRue.
(b) Arthur Palmer.
(c) Arthur Jenkins.
(d) Arthur Dodds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beans tell the gang?

2. Where do the gang go after Beans has opened his presents?

3. Who does Palmer find in his room when he comes home from Beans's party?

4. Who does Palmer find in his bedroom in the middle of the night?

5. What does Palmer ask of his mother one evening before bed?

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