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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What important question does Dorothy ask Palmer as his birthday approaches?
(a) Will he have a party this year?
(b) Will he introduce Nipper to everyone at the party?
(c) Will he invite the gang to his party?
(d) WIll he invite her to his party?

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

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

6. Why is the gang waiting for Palmer when he comes out of detention?
(a) Beans explains "you get punished, we wait."
(b) Henry says "we wanted to hear about what happened."
(c) The gang was not waiting when Palmer left detention.
(d) Mutto says "there was nothing else to do."

7. What do the boys run in to the den to look at again and again?
(a) The family portrait.
(b) Mr. LaRue's Sharpshooter Award.
(c) The dart board.
(d) Mr. LaRue's big screen television.

8. How does the gang treat Palmer now that he has refused The Treatment and left them?
(a) They break into his bedroom and mess up his room.
(b) They tease him, including treestumping him, and spit on his shoes.
(c) They call him names and steal his bike.
(d) They ask him to come back to the group now that he has gotten rid of Nipper.

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

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

11. Who are the two people who did not show up for Palmer's tenth birthday party?
(a) Beans and Dorothy.
(b) Dorothy and Mrs. LaRue.
(c) Mutto and Mrs. LaRue.
(d) Henry and Mr. LaRue.

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

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

14. What stories do the children hear about the pigeons in their crates awaiting the shoot?
(a) There are not enough pigeons yet for the shoot.
(b) The crates have been locked tight for weeks now.
(c) The crates have been broken into and pigeons killed.
(d) The crates are piled as high as a ten-year-old boy.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Palmer imagine while looking for Nipper in the pigeon crates?

3. What does Palmer's dad get for him?

4. How high is the stack of crates housing the pigeons for the shoot?

5. How does Palmer react to what his mother tells him?

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