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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Palmer recognize as wringers, and what do they each do?
(a) Beans, Mutto and Henry who all wring the pigeon's necks.
(b) Henry who wrings with his older brothers.
(c) Beans and Mutto working alone as wringers.
(d) Beans who wrings, Mutto who wrings, and Henry who bags the dead pigeons.

2. What does Palmer find in his bedroom when he rushes in?
(a) Nipper at the window and the yellow cat on his bed.
(b) Dorothy playing with Nipper and his Nerf ball.
(c) Nipper at the window and Dorothy shooting baskets.
(d) His mother looking at the mess in his room.

3. What do Dorothy and Palmer finally decide to do with Nipper?
(a) Let Palmer's parents help them make a plan for Nipper.
(b) Release Nipper in the park and leave food for him there.
(c) Dorothy will release him far away while she is on vacation.
(d) Dorothy will hide Nipper in her room until the gang leaves Palmer alone.

4. Why does Palmer's mother ask to come into his room?
(a) To ask him about the white, chalky spots all over the room.
(b) To ask him about his plans for the pigeon shoot.
(c) To tell him she knows about Nipper.
(d) To tell him he must clean his room.

5. What does Palmer decide to wear to school on the last day?
(a) A stocking cap.
(b) A hockey mask.
(c) His elephant mask.
(d) A football helmet.

6. What does Dorothy do on Palmer's birthday?
(a) She brings him a huge present.
(b) She gives him a kiss.
(c) She calls him that night.
(d) She comes to his party.

7. What color are the uniforms of the Titans?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Orange.
(d) Green.

8. With whom does Palmer go to the Family Fest?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) No one.
(c) The gang.
(d) His mother and father.

9. What has Dorothy written on Palmer's nerf ball?
(a) Ringer.
(b) Nipper's Ball.
(c) Ace.
(d) Palmer's Pigeon.

10. What does the worker that Palmer meets give to him?
(a) A Coke.
(b) A cold bottle of root beer.
(c) A cold can of Sprite.
(d) A popcicle.

11. What does Palmer hear that lets him know the visitors are gone?
(a) A slamming of the window.
(b) Two laughs.
(c) Someone starting up a car.
(d) Two sharp, quick yelps.

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

13. Who is on the soccer field when the gang arrives?
(a) The kids from the Boy Scout troop.
(b) The gang and Beans's father.
(c) The other ten year olds and the teacher.
(d) The gang and Mr. LaRue.

14. What did Palmer do when it was his turn to practice wringing a fake pigeon's neck?
(a) He screamed at the teacher and walked away.
(b) He threw the fake pigeon at the teacher.
(c) He threw the fake pigeon at Beans and walked away.
(d) He wringed the fake pigeon's neck, threw it on the ground and walked away.

15. What does Palmer decide to do to avoid the warning?
(a) Open the window and make Nipper fly away.
(b) Spend the night at Dorothy's.
(c) Tell his parents he is afraid of Beans.
(d) Take Nipper and sleep somewhere else in the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Beans holding when he came to the door the morning after the party?

2. What do the kids call the teacher of the class?

3. Why can't Palmer ask the gang over to see for themselves that the pigeon is gone?

4. What does Palmer come to realize about releasing Nipper?

5. What did Palmer notice Mutto was carrying in his pocket on the way home from school?

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