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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. How does Palmer describe the feeling he has when he is with Dorothy?
(a) It is like floating.
(b) It is like being in love.
(c) It is like romance.
(d) It is like going home.

2. What does the pigeon do when Palmer opens the window the second evening?
(a) The pigeon flies around the room squawking.
(b) The pigeon hops to the desk and looks at Palmer.
(c) The pigeon flies away.
(d) The pigeon walks into Palmer's bedroom and up to his head.

3. What does Palmer know he should wish but cannot?
(a) That Nipper would go to a pigeon-friendlier town.
(b) That Nipper would move to Dorothy's house.
(c) That Nipper should only fly at night.
(d) That Nipper would find a friend.

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

5. What does Beans do with the contents of the spaghetti and meatballs container from the freezer?
(a) Hammers it to the doorframe of Dorothy's house.
(b) Gives it to Palmer as a late birthday gift.
(c) Throws it away after he shows the gang.
(d) Leaves it in the freezer for his mother to find.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Palmer believe he will receive from lasting out his time with Farquar?

2. Why did Palmer have trouble concentrating at school?

3. Who is Fishface?

4. How many different colors does Palmer count on the pigeon while the bird eats?

5. Why does Beans continue to treestump and tease Dorothy?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Palmer comes home after the boys see a pigeon flying overhead and he cries. Why is he crying? What does he admit about his day?

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

4. Once he has decided to name and keep Nipper, Palmer realizes he must divert the gang from coming to his house. Why does he want to keep the boys away? What are some of the excuses he invents?

5. What scene do Mutto, Beans and Henry enact at the park? How does Palmer react to their display? Why does he react this way?

6. Palmer describes the wish he should make after Nipper has been seen in the sky by the gang. What is that wish? Why can't he make that wish?

7. What is The Treatment? What does it mean to Palmer to receive The Treatment? What does Palmer get after getting through The Treatment?

8. Beans begins to escalate the treestumping of Dorothy to get a reaction from her, but she gives him none. His cruel behavior escalates until Dorothy finally does react. What is her reaction, and how does this affect Palmer?

9. Who does Palmer find in his room the night before the pigeon shoot? Why? What do we learn about Palmer?

10. 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?

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