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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose order is the basis for jokes among Penny and her co-workers?
(a) Mrs. Morelli's.
(b) Mrs. Harrison's.
(c) Mrs. Giaquinto's.
(d) Mrs. Wiederhorn's.

2. What does Penny do to Mr. Mulligan that upsets her mother?
(a) She tells him to be quiet so that she can hear the ball game.
(b) She laughs about the clothes that he is wearing.
(c) She ignores him.
(d) She tells him that he is not as good-looking as her father was.

3. Which of Penny's relatives lives in a car?
(a) Me-me.
(b) Uncle Dominic.
(c) Pop-pop.
(d) Uncle Ralphie.

4. Where are Penny and her father in her dream?
(a) At the zoo.
(b) At the beach.
(c) At the park.
(d) At the circus.

5. Who was nicknamed "the Water Boy"?
(a) Grandfather Falucci.
(b) Mr. Mulligan.
(c) Uncle Dominic.
(d) Uncle Salvatore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frankie want Uncle Dominic to teach him?

2. Which of the following is Penny struck by when her Uncle Dominic drives her home?

3. What is the name of the lady who is a friend to Penny's mother?

4. Where will Penny's family be going for summer vacation?

5. What decade is the setting for this story?

(see the answer key)

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