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

2. What does Palmer think about Henry when they are playing at the park?
(a) Henry is the meekest and prey to the others.
(b) Henry is the outcast and Palmer will take his place.
(c) Henry is the leader and likes Palmer.
(d) Henry is shorter than the other two boys.

3. What does Palmer feel "lurking in shadowy doorways"?
(a) His mother's wrath.
(b) The end of school.
(c) The pigeon shoot.
(d) Bean's birthday party.

4. Where do the gang go after Beans has opened his presents?
(a) Farquar's house for The Treatment.
(b) The park to play soccer.
(c) The playground to slide.
(d) Palmer's house to play basketball.

5. What is treestumping?
(a) Standing behind a tree and throwing a snowball at Dorothy.
(b) Standing behind a tree and throwing snowballs at passing cars.
(c) Standing in front of Dorothy like a tree to block her walking.
(d) Standing in front of a tree and throwing snowballs at houses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the presents the boys give Palmer?

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

3. What does Palmer hear in his dream on the night of his birthday?

4. Why does Nipper fly around the house once or twice before flying away in the morning?

5. Where do the boys go in the middle of the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. How does Palmer come up with the name for his pigeon? What do people feel about animals when they name them? How does Palmer feel about his pigeon?

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

5. What are some of Palmer's memories of his first pigeon shoot? What does this tell us about Palmer?

6. Palmer finally becomes old enough to read the inscription on his father's trophy in the den. What did he pretend it said when he was younger? What does it really say? How does Palmer respond to learning what the words actually are?

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

8. 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?

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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