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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens after Nipper lands on Palmer's head?
(a) Beans laughs at Palmer and calls him Pigeonhead.
(b) Beans grabs Nipper and wrings his neck.
(c) Beans apologizes to Palmer for his cruelty.
(d) Beans runs up, grabs Nipper, and throws him at the feet of the shooter.

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

3. What does Palmer imagine while looking for Nipper in the pigeon crates?
(a) Palmer can imagine how lonely Nipper must feel.
(b) Palmer can imagine Beans's delight in wringing pigeons' necks.
(c) Palmer can imagine what it is like to be Nipper and shot.
(d) Palmer can imagine how Dorothy must be feeling.

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

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

6. Where does Palmer go on his bike on Friday night?
(a) To the old train station to see the pigeons.
(b) To Dorothy's house.
(c) To the soccer field.
(d) To the movies.

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

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

9. How does Beans react to Palmer's running away from the gang?
(a) He screams at Palmer that he will pull the heads of both Palmer and his pigeon.
(b) He tells Henry to go after Palmer and bring him back.
(c) He mumbles to himself and walks away.
(d) He yells to Palmer that he is no longer in the gang.

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

11. Who does Palmer realize is the only member of the gang he is not afraid of?
(a) Mutto.
(b) Beans.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Henry.

12. What does Palmer come to realize about releasing Nipper?
(a) He is glad he did not have to release Nipper himself.
(b) He made a big mistake.
(c) He should have sent him to Dorothy's.
(d) His tension and anxiety are gone.

13. What does Palmer explain to Dorothy when he tells her about his afternoon disagreement with the gang?
(a) Beans knows about Nipper and is going to try and hurt him.
(b) Beans is no longer interested in hurting Nipper, only Palmer.
(c) Beans got his nickname from eating beans from a can.
(d) Beans has kicked Palmer out of the group and he is sad.

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

15. Why can't Palmer ask the gang over to see for themselves that the pigeon is gone?
(a) His mother keeps the door to his room locked now.
(b) His mother will never allow them in the house again.
(c) There is still cereal and other foods in the closet.
(d) There is still pigeon poop all over the floors and bookshelves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disconcerting information does Dorothy give to Palmer during the shoot?

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

3. What does Palmer's mother tell him she has seen on the stairway of the house?

4. Who is on the soccer field when the gang arrives?

5. Where does Palmer's dad take him one evening, just the two of them?

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