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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Eleanor and Me-me leave the dining room during their dinner with Mr. Mulligan, Penny, and Pop-pop?
(a) To check on something that was left cooking on the stove.
(b) To clean Mr. Mulligan's shoe.
(c) To jointly carry a large special dessert from the kitchen.
(d) To talk about Mr. Mulligan.

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

3. Which of the following is the name of Penny's dog?
(a) Petunia.
(b) Beulah O'Reilly.
(c) Scarlett O'Hara.
(d) Harriet O'Hare.

4. What is the ailment that appears to be claiming the life of the young girl dying in Penny's ward?
(a) Hardening of the arteries.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Blood cancer.
(d) Heart trouble.

5. Which of the following does Frankie persuade Penny to do once Me-me and Pop-pop leave the house to go pay a house visit to a married couple whom they know?
(a) Frankie persuades Penny to go to the soda shoppe and have a hot fudge sundae with him.
(b) Frankie persuades Penny to go playcatch with him.
(c) Frankie persuades Penny to go to the public pool with him.
(d) Frankie persuades Penny to go to this house, and eat some of his mom's pot roast with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose order is the basis for jokes among Penny and her co-workers?

2. Where are Penny and her father in her dream?

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

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

5. What does Frankie know that he has to do?

(see the answer key)

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