Wringer+Quiz

//__Wringer__// multiple choice questions. 1. What is a wringer's job?(check all that apply) A. To gather the dead pigeons. B. To wring floppers' necks. C. To release pigeons from the boxes. D. To throw the non-flying pigeons into the air with a net

2. What was the message in the frosting? A. Beans B.Tonight C.Henry D. I know about Nipper.

3. Where did Beans get the muskrat? A. the woods B. It was roadkill. C. Panther caught it for him. D. He found it by the river and wrung its neck.

4. How did Dorothy make Palmer feel? A. like he was sinking B. like puking C. like he was floating D. all of the above

5. Why was Palmer sad when his bruises from the Treatment faded away? A. He wasn't sad. B. He had to get another Treatment. C. The gang wouldn't like him anymore. D. He couldn't show it off to other kids anymore.

6. What did the golden bird have written on it? A. In honor of all pigeons. This house loves you. B. Pigeon Day, Waymer's Pride! C. Wringer Boy--1989 D. Sharpshooter Award -- Pigeon Day -- 1989

7. Where did Dorothy let Nipper go? A. by the railroad yards B. in the city C. she secretly kept him D. by the beach

8. What did Palmer's mom do to help Nipper? A. She didn't tell Palmer's dad about Nipper. B. She put a new box of cereal in Palmer's closet. C. She gave Nipper's foam ball back. D. She told the gang that Palmer was busy whenever they wanted to see him.

9. Why did Palmer wear a mask on the last day of school? A. all students were supposed to B. It was too hot to wear his normal disguise. C. Beans and Mutto dared him to D. It was part of Palmer's costume.

10. What did Palmer do to stay after school? A. He asked the teacher if he could. B. He teased Dorothy. C. He swore at the teacher. D. He spit on the floor.

Answer Key: 1:A&B 2:B 3:C 4:C 5:D 6:D 7:A 8:B 9:B 10:D

//Wringer// True or False questions.

1. Palmer’s parents die in the book.

2. Palmer is afraid to be a wringer.

3. Beans hates pigeons.

4. Beans isn’t named Beans for his love of cold beans straight out the tin can.

5. Palmer, Beans, Mutto, and Henry always where friends the whole book.

6. Zipper was the name of the pigeon Palmer found.

7. Beans, Mutto, and Henry hated Palmer after they found out that Palmer had a Pigeon.

8. Dorothy wrote on Palmer’s Nerf ball: Nipper’s Ball

9. Nipper was Palmer’s “alarm clock.”

10. Palmer’s mom hated Henry, Beans, and Mutto.

Fill in the blank. If the answer is true put a T. If the answer is false put F.

1.___ Palmer’s parents die in the book.

2.___ Palmer is afraid to be a wringer.

3.___ Beans hates pigeons.

4.___ Beans isn’t named Beans for his love of cold beans straight out the tin can.

5.___ Palmer, Beans, Mutto, and Henry where always friends the //whole// book.

6.___ Zipper was the name of the pigeon Palmer found.

7.___ Beans, Mutto, and Henry hated Palmer after they found out that Palmer had a Pigeon.

8.___ Dorothy wrote on Palmer’s Nerf ball: Nipper’s Ball

9.___ Nipper was Palmer’s “alarm clock.”

10.___ Palmer’s mom hated Henry, Beans, and Mutto.

= Vocabulary Questions .= cotton candy, punctured, rumble, alley, hoodlums, scowl, silhouette, gaped, mimicked, lurking, cringed, barracks, shock, lob, tentatively, upthrust, sneered, hunkered, wearily, befuddled 1. _- to bend over, tremble with fear 2. _- to squat on one's heals 3. _- unsure, uncertain, not positive 4. _- exhausted, fatigued 5. _- to thrust in an upward motion 6. _- to smile, laugh 7. _ - to exist unexpected 8. _- groups of buildings where soldiers live 9. _- to imitate or copy an action 10. _- gangsters or people with their hoods up a lot 11.__- to fight or tussle 12.__- to open the mouth as if yawning 13.__- an outline filled with solid color 14.__- to curl upper lip to show a scorn 15.__- narrow street between buildings 16.__- a look of anger 17.__- to confuse 18.__- to have a hole, to poke a hole 19.__- a colored, soft, and sticky type of candy 20.__- to throw or chuck with an arch