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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 brings Nipper into the meadow and then into the woods?

2. What does Dorothy suggest Palmer do to end his problem of not wanting to be a wringer?

3. What are some of the ways Palmer says the gang might try to kill Nipper?

4. What are the sacrifices Palmer sees he has made in order to save Nipper?

5. Where do Beans and the gang take Palmer the day after his birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Palmer's life change after Nipper is gone?

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

3. When the boys line up to practice wringing a pigeon's neck, Palmer lines up with them. What is this experience like for Palmer?

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

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

6. 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?

7. Why are Dorothy and Palmer certain they must get Nipper out of town? What other options do they have?

8. 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?

9. How does Palmer notice his father communicates with hum during Family Fest week? How does he describe this new communication?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Palmer describe the time in his life when things began to change and he realizes he does not want to be a wringer? How does this realization change his life?

Essay Topic 2

When Palmer's father catches the fly ball at the ballgame and gives it to Palmer, the narrator says Palmer held the ball on the way home and "imagined he felt a heartbeat." What does the narrator mean by this statement?

Essay Topic 3

Palmer tells Dorothy the story of learning how to float in a swimming pool. How does he relate this story to his relationship with Dorothy? Why does Palmer feel this way about Dorothy?

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