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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 this house, and eat some of his mom's pot roast with him.
(b) Frankie persuades Penny to go to the public pool with him.
(c) Frankie persuades Penny to go to the soda shoppe and have a hot fudge sundae with him.
(d) Frankie persuades Penny to go playcatch with him.

2. Where does Aunt Gina promise to take Penny when she leaves the hospital?
(a) To the boardwalk in Atlantic City.
(b) To Radio City Music Hall.
(c) To a lighthouse in Maine.
(d) To Coney Island.

3. Which of Penny's relatives has died?
(a) Great Aunt Liesl.
(b) Aunt Beth.
(c) Aunt Concetta.
(d) Great Uncle Herbert

4. What is the primary language that Penny's uncles speak?
(a) Arabic.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) English.

5. Whose house grounds were supposed to be stashed with money?
(a) Grandfather Falucci's.
(b) Aunt Gina's.
(c) Uncle Ralphie's.
(d) Uncle Salvatore's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has offered Penny a job?

2. Who owns a clothing store?

3. What is the ailment that appears to be claiming the life of the young girl dying in Penny's ward?

4. Who makes Penny tongue-tied outside the eatery where she and Pop-pop enjoy a hamburger and a sundae?

5. Who offers Penny and her co-worker cookies and lemonade?

(see the answer key)

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