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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What disconcerting information does Dorothy give to Palmer during the shoot?
(a) She has kept Nipper in her closet all this time.
(b) She let Nipper loose at the railroad yards.
(c) She let Nipper loose at the beach.
(d) She let Nipper loose at the neighboring town.

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

3. 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 covers his face hoping Nipper will not land and be shot.
(c) He waves and cries out for his bird.
(d) He calls for his parents and points at the bird.

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

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

6. Who does Palmer find has joined his side at the shoot?
(a) His father.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) His mother.
(d) Beans.

7. How does Henry behave in Palmer's room?
(a) Happy and playful.
(b) Mean and teasing.
(c) Nervous and uncomfortable.
(d) Casual and unconcerned.

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

9. Who brings Nipper into the meadow and then into the woods?
(a) Palmer does on Dorothy's bike.
(b) Dorothy does since she has the basket.
(c) Neither one, they set him free at the meadow's edge.
(d) They both take him in and leave him.

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

11. How does Palmer react to what his mother tells him?
(a) He says he will clean his room that night.
(b) He asks her to leave his room.
(c) He denies everything and gets angry.
(d) He cries in relief in her arms.

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

13. Who does Palmer believe left the message on his cake?
(a) HIs father.
(b) Henry.
(c) Beans.
(d) Dorothy.

14. How do many of the pigeons come out of the boxes for the shoot?
(a) They walk out, look around, then fly away.
(b) They are flying away faster than they shooters can shoot.
(c) They are flying circles overhead and diving down to the shooters.
(d) They are walking about or pecking for food rather than flying.

15. What does Palmer realize while hiding from the gang?
(a) He is hungry and it is dinner time.
(b) The gang has given up on finding him.
(c) His mother might go into his room looking for him.
(d) Nipper is on his way to Palmer's bedroom window.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Palmer do when it was his turn to practice wringing a fake pigeon's neck?

2. What condition does Palmer's mother place on his having a tenth birthday party?

3. What happens after Nipper lands on Palmer's head?

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

5. What does Palmer find on his birthday cake later in the evening?

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