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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Palmer realize he has left in his room?
(a) Nipper's bed.
(b) HIs pillow.
(c) The Honey Crunchers he feeds Nipper.
(d) HIs flashlight.

2. Where does Palmer end up going on Saturday morning?
(a) He goes to the pigeon shoot.
(b) He goes to his cousin's house.
(c) He goes to Dorothy's house.
(d) He goes to the mall.

3. How high is the stack of crates housing the pigeons for the shoot?
(a) Twice as high as the grandstand.
(b) Twice as high as the telephone poles.
(c) Twice as high as Palmer's house.
(d) Twice as high as the goal posts.

4. How does the narrator describe Palmer's loneliness after Nipper is gone?
(a) Palmer is as "empty as a spent bullet cartridge."
(b) Palmer is as "confused as a rabbit with a blindfold."
(c) Palmer is as "lonely as an umbrella in sunshine."
(d) Palmer is as "empty as the cicada husks on the trees."

5. What do Dorothy and Palmer decide to do with Nipper?
(a) Take Nipper to Dorothy's house and hide him.
(b) Take Nipper away from their neighborhood so he will be safe.
(c) Bring Nipper to the zoo.
(d) Bring Nipper to a veterinarian's office.

6. What was Beans holding when he came to the door the morning after the party?
(a) The basketball Palmer got for his birthday.
(b) Dorothy's diary.
(c) The Nerf ball with Nipper's name on it.
(d) Palmer's baseball cap.

7. What happens when Dorothy and Palmer return to Palmer's bedroom?
(a) Palmer's mother has fresh baked cookies waiting.
(b) Palmer's father wants to go to a ball game.
(c) Beans and Mutto are waiting at the door.
(d) Nipper is waiting at the window.

8. Why does Palmer tell Dorothy he lives in the wrong town?
(a) Because in his town people kill pigeons.
(b) Because he is a natural comedian.
(c) Because he wants to be on the stage.
(d) Because he should live in a big city.

9. To what school do Beans and the gang bring Palmer?
(a) Riflery school.
(b) Music school.
(c) Wringer school.
(d) Summer school.

10. Why is Palmer feeling so badly on his birthday?
(a) He knows he will have more chores around the house.
(b) He knows he will now have to be a wringer.
(c) He knows he will never have a brother.
(d) He knows his parents will find out about Nipper.

11. What event happens at the shoot that gets the biggest cheer of all?
(a) A woman who is the best shooter this year.
(b) The event has raised more money than any years previous.
(c) Beans wringing two pigeons at once.
(d) A yellow cat running onto the field and carrying away a wounded bird.

12. What does Palmer do to get himself detention after school?
(a) He skips school.
(b) He curses at his teacher.
(c) He writes on the walls of the room.
(d) He spits on the floor of his classroom.

13. Where does Palmer go the night of the warning?
(a) To sleep at Dorothy's.
(b) To sleep with Nipper behind the living room couch.
(c) To sleep at his cousin's house.
(d) To sleep in his parent's bedroom.

14. Palmer tells Dorothy there are two things they need to do so that Nipper will not come back. What are they?
(a) Blindfold Nipper and leave him in a bush.
(b) Go a long distance from home and confuse him.
(c) Take Nipper to a place with water.
(d) Go a long distance from him and blindfold him.

15. What does Palmer do when he knows the bird circling the field is Nipper?
(a) He runs off the field hoping Nipper will chase him.
(b) He calls for his parents and points at the bird.
(c) He covers his face hoping Nipper will not land and be shot.
(d) He waves and cries out for his bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Palmer run upstairs after hearing about the cat?

2. What are the two benefits Palmer realizes from misbehaving in school?

3. Who does Palmer believe left the message on his cake?

4. Where does Palmer go on his bike on Friday night?

5. What important question does Dorothy ask Palmer as his birthday approaches?

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