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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 and 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state is the setting of the story?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) New York.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Maine.

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

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

4. Whom of the following is the lifeguard on duty on the day that Penny and Frankie visit the public pool for a swim?
(a) Maury Gillette.
(b) Kenny Bates.
(c) Jack Teitelzweig.
(d) Bradley Pacer.

5. What is the most significant mystery in Penny's life?
(a) Whether she was adopted.
(b) The circumstances surrounding her father's death.
(c) Why her mother's family does not socialize with her father's family.
(d) What type of personality her father had.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the age of the young girl who is dying of cancer in Penny's ward at the hospital?

2. Which of the following causes Penny to awake from her dream?

3. What was Frankie caught doing that led to him running to Penny's home?

4. Which of the following activities does Penny find most exhausting during her stay at the hospital?

5. What does Penny do to Mr. Mulligan that upsets her mother?

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