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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Me-me when Penny gets home from the wake?
(a) In the bedroom.
(b) In the dining room.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the living room.

2. Which of the following two questions is Penny being asked covertly every time that she is visited at the hospital by a friend or relative, and asked how she is feeling?
(a) Can you move your fingers yet?
(b) Are you depressed?
(c) Is the doctor going to perform surgery on you?
(d) Are you bored after having spent so many days here?

3. How many funeral cards does Frankie claim to have collected when he and Penny learn about their relative's death?
(a) Forty-three.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Thirty-one.
(d) Eight.

4. What is the ailment that appears to be claiming the life of the young girl dying in Penny's ward?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Heart trouble.
(c) Blood cancer.
(d) Hardening of the arteries.

5. What color is the apparel that Penny picks out for herself at her relative's clothing factory?
(a) Fuschia.
(b) Royal blue.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Cranberry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In all, how many relatives does Penny have whom she refers to as uncles?

2. What day of the week does Penny have dinner at Nonny's?

3. Why does Penny become the most popular person in her ward after visiting hours?

4. Who does Penny overhear talking about the young girl in her ward who is dying?

5. Who stops the fight between Cousin Benny and Ann Marie's husband?

(see the answer key)

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