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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pop-pop doing when Penny gets home from the wake?
(a) Talking on the telephone.
(b) Writing a tribute about the deceased relative.
(c) Paying some bills.
(d) Listening to his deceased nephew on the radio static again.

2. What does Penny's clothing store owning relative offer her from the store every year?
(a) A pair of overalls.
(b) A Sunday dress.
(c) Fall coat.
(d) A pair of culottes.

3. Which of the following activities does Penny find most exhausting during her stay at the hospital?
(a) Bathing.
(b) Physical therapy.
(c) Using the bathroom.
(d) Socializing with her visitors.

4. What does the funeral director threaten Frankie with due to his misbehavior?
(a) To take his transistor radio away from him.
(b) To kill him.
(c) To call the police.
(d) To ask him to leave.

5. In all, how many relatives does Penny have whom she refers to as uncles?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Eight.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Penny's relatives has died?

2. What does Me-me notice about the dress that Penny is to wear to her deceased relative's wake?

3. Who drives Penny and her family to the funeral home for her deceased relative's wake?

4. Which of the following activities does Penny find difficult to do while she is in the hospital?

5. What color is the apparel that Penny picks out for herself at her relative's clothing factory?

(see the answer key)

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