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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 does Penny's mother do for a living?
(a) She is a nurse in a doctor's office.
(b) She is a school teacher.
(c) She is a secretary for a trucking company.
(d) She is a postal carrier.

2. What does Me-me notice about the dress that Penny is to wear to her deceased relative's wake?
(a) That it has a horrific tear all along one of its seams.
(b) That it has a black stain all along its right side.
(c) That Penny has outgrown it.
(d) That it is missing three buttons.

3. What types of vegetables are served as part of the dinner with Mr. Mulligan?
(a) Carrots and green beans.
(b) Peas and onions.
(c) Spinach and carrots.
(d) Peas and lima beans.

4. Who is ill when Penny awakens one morning not long after her birthday?
(a) Me-me.
(b) Uncle Ralphie.
(c) Penny's mother, Eleanor.
(d) Scarlett O'Hara.

5. Which of the following is the name of Penny's mother?
(a) Mildred.
(b) June.
(c) Dorothy.
(d) Eleanor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following activities is part of the "perfect day" that Penny spends with her Uncle Dominic?

2. What was Penny's mother wearing in the photo behind which Penny's father wrote, "I am the luckiest fella ever"?

3. Which of the following is not among the gifts that Penny receives on her birthday?

4. Who does Penny punch in the nose during the baseball game that she and Frankie are playing?

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

(see the answer key)

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