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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. Who do Palmer and the gang attack with snowballs on their way to school one morning?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) Henry.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Mutton.

2. Where is Palmer to meet the gang on Saturday for the pigeon shoot?
(a) At the World War I cannon.
(b) At the baseball field.
(c) At the ferris wheel.
(d) At the pigeon cages.

3. What does Beans tell the gang?
(a) He is ten and he is the leader.
(b) He is ten and he is a wringer.
(c) He is ten and he is bad.
(d) He is ten and he is quitting school.

4. How does Palmer behave after chasing the bird down the street?
(a) He laughs at Mutto for swallowing his gum.
(b) He pretends nothing happened.
(c) He screams at Beans for scaring him.
(d) He pretends he hates pigeons.

5. Where does Palmer's pigeon sleep?
(a) In the snow.
(b) In his closet.
(c) Under his bed.
(d) On the windowsill.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the town sponsor a pigeon shoot?

2. Who has Palmer invited to his birthday party?

3. Who does Palmer find in his bedroom in the middle of the night?

4. For the gang, what makes a birthday official?

5. Who does Palmer decide to tell about his pet Nipper?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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. 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?

4. What chores does Palmer offer to do for himself? Why does he offer to take care of his own room?

5. 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?

6. In Chapter Seven, how does Dorothy treat Palmer when he comes to show her his arm? How does he react?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. How does Palmer react in Chapter 13 when he is awakened by tapping? Who does he think is at the window? What does he find?

10. When Palmer returns from Beans' birthday party he finds Dorothy waiting in his room. She sarcastically calls him Snots and talks about his gang. What does she say, and what does she really mean?

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