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

2. Which of the following terms does Uncle Dominic use in referring to Ann Marie's husband?
(a) Fool.
(b) Jerk.
(c) Louse.
(d) Creep.

3. Who does not visit Penny while she is in the hospital?
(a) Pop-pop.
(b) Frankie.
(c) Uncle Dominic.
(d) Uncle Sally.

4. Who does Penny overhear talking about the young girl in her ward who is dying?
(a) Some doctors.
(b) Some orderlies.
(c) Some nurses.
(d) Some hospital lab workers.

5. Which of the following represents a category that Penny uses to categorize the other kids in her ward?
(a) Curable.
(b) Incurable.
(c) Lucky.
(d) Unlucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where is Me-me when Penny gets home from the wake?

3. Which of Penny's relatives has died?

4. How does Frankie manage to get himself and Penny in trouble at the wake?

5. What is Pop-pop doing when Penny gets home from the wake?

(see the answer key)

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