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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 color are the uniforms of the Titans?
(a) Red.
(b) Orange.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

2. To what school do Beans and the gang bring Palmer?
(a) Music school.
(b) Wringer school.
(c) Summer school.
(d) Riflery school.

3. Why does Palmer cover himself up to go to school the day after Nipper lands on his head in front of the gang?
(a) He hopes Nipper will not recognize him.
(b) He hopes not to catch a cold.
(c) He wants to get laughs at school.
(d) He wants to get in trouble with the gang.

4. Why does Palmer run upstairs after hearing about the cat?
(a) He knows she saw Panther, and wants to check on Nipper.
(b) He knows there is no cat and she thinks he has a pigeon.
(c) He wants to make sure his windows are all closed.
(d) He is afraid he will tell his mother about Nipper.

5. What was Palmer fearful the teacher would notice about him?
(a) That he was frightened of birds.
(b) That he had not practiced like the other kids.
(c) That he did not want to be a wringer.
(d) That he had a pigeon for a pet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Palmer ask the gang over to see for themselves that the pigeon is gone?

2. What does Palmer do when he knows the bird circling the field is Nipper?

3. What condition does Palmer's mother place on his having a tenth birthday party?

4. What was Beans holding when he came to the door the morning after the party?

5. Who does Palmer believe left the message on his cake?

Short Essay Questions

1. What example have Palmer and Nipper set for the children in the town? How can he tell his experience with Nipper has changed people's lives?

2. What other issue between Dorothy and Palmer comes up in Chapter 29? How does Palmer feel about the situation? How does he resolve it?

3. How does Palmer react when his mother tells he she and his father have known about Nipper for months?

4. What curious thing does Palmer notice at the Titans baseball game? What does it remind him of?

5. What does Palmer find when her gets home to his room, and what does he decide at that moment?

6. Palmer explains to Dorothy that he is conflicted about school ending. What is the conflict he feels? At the end of the chapter, the narrator says "But another school was about to begin." Can you guess what this school is, and why it is beginning?

7. Who does not attend Palmer's tenth birthday party and why? What do the boys want to talk to Mr. LaRue about? How does Mr. LaRue respond?

8. In Chapter 29, what is Dorothy's solution to Palmer's problem? What does she do, and how does Palmer react?

9. When Palmer refuses The Treatment from Farquar, what does he tell Beans when he is screaming at him? Why does he run from the gang then? What does Beans yell to Palmer as he is running away?

10. Why does Palmer begin to question his real reasons for sending Nipper away? What does he come to understand?

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