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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 does Beans have in the frozen spaghetti and meatballs container in his freezer?
(a) A muskrat.
(b) A rat.
(c) A snake.
(d) A cat.

2. What does Palmer try to convince the gang about the pigeon?
(a) He wants them to believe it was a crow.
(b) He wants them to think he has never seen a pigeon.
(c) He wants them to think his father is practicing for the shoot.
(d) He wants them to believe it did not happen.

3. What does Palmer finally admit to Dorothy?
(a) He does not want to go to school.
(b) He does not want to be a wringer.
(c) He does not want to learn to drive.
(d) He does not want to talk to his father.

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

5. Who do the boys see at the playground on Palmer's birthday?
(a) Bean's grandmother.
(b) Palmer's mother.
(c) Farquar.
(d) Dorothy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Palmer and the kids in town go on the day it snows?

2. Why does Palmer run home and leave the boys behind in Chapter 12?

3. What does Palmer feel "lurking in shadowy doorways"?

4. What does Palmer's father give him as a ninth birthday gift?

5. What does Palmer think to himself when Beans makes his announcement to his friends at the soccer field?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. In Chapter Three, Palmer joins his new friends out on the street. When Beans asks about Dorothy, Palmer does not answer at first. How does Palmer initially react to the gang's behavior toward Dorothy? Why does he join them as they run down the street after their prank?

5. Palmer tries to explain to Dorothy why he cannot tell people he does not want to be a wringer. What kinds of pressure does he feel? How does he think people will react?

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

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

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. 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?

10. 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?

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