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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 does Palmer's dad take him one evening, just the two of them?
(a) To a basketball game at the downtown arena.
(b) To the mall to play video games.
(c) To a baseball game in a nearby town.
(d) To the movies to see "Independence Day."

2. What is the magic word according to the teacher of the class?
(a) "Wring!"
(b) "Pigeon!"
(c) "Fast!"
(d) "I got it!"

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

4. Where do Palmer and his friends go after cake and ice cream?
(a) To the mall.
(b) To find Mrs. LaRue and thank her for the cake.
(c) To find Farquar for The Treatment.
(d) To find Mr. LaRue's rifle.

5. Where do Beans and the gang take Palmer the day after his birthday?
(a) To Bean's house.
(b) To ask his mother where he was the night before.
(c) To a movie for his birthday gilt.
(d) To see Farquar for The Treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Palmer imagine while looking for Nipper in the pigeon crates?

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

3. As Palmer approaches his house, what is he worried about?

4. What event happens at the shoot that gets the biggest cheer of all?

5. What is Henry's real name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the boys learn in wringer school? Who teaches the class? What does the teacher tell the boys is most important part of being a wringer?

2. How does Palmer attempt to trick Nipper into not finding him again when he is with his friends? Describe his solution. Does it seem like this would work?

3. Palmer has an emotional roller coaster ride when he recognizes Nipper flying above the field. What different feelings wash over him including finally holding Nipper in his hands again?

4. Palmer makes his plan to avoid confrontation with Beans and Mutto on the night of his birthday. What is his plan, and does it work?

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

6. When Palmer attends the pigeon shoot this year, what does he come to realize about his memories of shoots from years passed?

7. Palmer knows a lot about pigeons. What kinds of things does he know about releasing a pigeon so the bird will not be able to return home? How does he use this information with Nipper?

8. 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?

9. How do Dorothy and Palmer finally get Nipper safely out of town and away from danger? How does their behavior then represent their mood?

10. What does Palmer find written on the icing of his cake later in the evening of his birthday? Who does he believe wrote it? What does he think it means?

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