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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Palmer recognize as wringers, and what do they each do?
2. Where does Palmer go on his bike on Friday night?
3. Who brings Nipper into the meadow and then into the woods?
4. What does Palmer explain to Dorothy when he tells her about his afternoon disagreement with the gang?
5. Who is on the soccer field when the gang arrives?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why does Palmer choose Henry to invite up to his room to prove Nipper is no longer there? What happens between them when Henry is in Palmer's room?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. In Chapter 29, what is Dorothy's solution to Palmer's problem? What does she do, and how does Palmer react?
6. What other issue between Dorothy and Palmer comes up in Chapter 29? How does Palmer feel about the situation? How does he resolve it?
7. What curious thing does Palmer notice at the Titans baseball game? What does it remind him of?
8. 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?
9. When the boys line up to practice wringing a pigeon's neck, Palmer lines up with them. What is this experience like for Palmer?
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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What part does Nipper play in Palmer's life? How is this non-speaking character such a major influence in the novel? What does Nipper represent to Palmer?
Essay Topic 2
When Palmer and the gang go to the railroad station in the middle of the night to see the five thousand caged pigeons for the shoot, Palmer is faced once again with a conflict of emotions. Describe the conflict in Palmer's mind and how he deals with it.
Essay Topic 3
The novel ends with the words of a small child. What are those words, and why are they important? What do the words mean to Palmer?
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