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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the thing Palmer does not want to do?
(a) Be an 'A' student.
(b) Be a big brother.
(c) Be a son.
(d) Be a wringer.

2. How does Palmer feel running with the boys?
(a) Let down.
(b) Alone.
(c) Excited.
(d) Frightened.

3. What is a pigeon doing if he is roosting?
(a) Flying.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Dying.

4. What hovers before Palmer's eyes before he runs after his friends to the playground?
(a) A dragonfly.
(b) A mosquito.
(c) A hummingbird.
(d) A wasp.

5. How does Palmer react to Bean's accusation?
(a) He admits to liking Dorothy.
(b) He walks away form the gang.
(c) He admits to having a pet pigeon.
(d) He stomps on and smashes a soda can.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the pigeon wake Palmer in the mornings?

2. How old was Palmer on his first Pigeon Day?

3. What does Palmer say to Nipper when the bird comes home after his flight over the town?

4. What do the boys see after pulling their prank at Dorothy's house?

5. What does Palmer ask the boys to check him for when the bird is gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 25, Palmer has a wonderful day in which he is relaxed and happy. The day dissolves into emotional distress. What happens to make Palmer nervous and upset? What two parts of Palmer's personality come into conflict?

2. For his birthday, Palmer gets an old apple core, an old sock, and a cigar butt from his new friends. What makes these gifts special? How does Palmer react to his mother's gifts?

3. Palmer asks his mother for a favor. What is the favor, and why does Palmer ask her? How does he explain this to his mother?

4. In Chapter 15, Palmer goes through a series of emotional reactions to the pigeon tapping on his window. What are some of those reactions?

5. When the boys find Farquar, he is on the soccer field and all but Palmer rush over to see him. Why does Palmer lag behind? What is he experiencing walking onto the field?

6. How does Palmer react when the gang tell him they believe he has a pigeon for a pet? What does Palmer want the gang to believe and why?

7. How do Palmer's parents react to The Treatment?

8. When the gang attacks Dorothy with snow balls on the first day of school, Palmer joins in without hesitation. How does he rationalize his behavior toward her?

9. How does Palmer resolve his problems of meeting his friends at the cannon on the day of the pigeon shoot? Why? What do we learn about Palmer?

10. What does Beans pull out of the freezer when the gang is at his house? What does he do with it? The author does not tell us how Palmer feels about what Beans has done. Based on what you know of Palmer, how does he feel about the prank?

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