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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 and 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following represents a category that Penny uses to categorize the other kids in her ward?
(a) Unlucky.
(b) Incurable.
(c) Curable.
(d) Lucky.

2. Which of the following items had Uncle Dominic given to Penny's father that created such a stir that resulted in Penny's father being sent to an internment camp in the state of Oklahoma where he eventually died?
(a) A telescope.
(b) A decoder.
(c) An Italian spy trade publication.
(d) A short wave radio.

3. 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.

4. What type of disease does Me-me believe that a person can contract at a public pool?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Polio.
(d) Hepatitis.

5. Who finally tells Penny the truth about the situation surrounding her father's death?
(a) Aunt Gina.
(b) Uncle Dominic.
(c) Cousin Benny.
(d) Aunt Fulvia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following has a large dog?

2. What is Pop-pop doing when Penny gets home from the wake?

3. What does Aunt Gina do for Penny upon her return home from the hospital?

4. What is the flavor of the ice cream that Penny is gifted with while she is recuperating in the hospital?

5. Whom of the following asks a nurse whether Penny's father was really a spy?

(see the answer key)

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