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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following newspaper sections becomes a favorite for Penny and the person reading the newspaper to her?
(a) The Police Blotter.
(b) The Funnies.
(c) The Editorials.
(d) The Weather Section.

2. What happens to the charges that have been filed against Frankie?
(a) They are dropped.
(b) They are set for a trial by judge.
(c) They are set for a trial by jury.
(d) They are elevated to felonies.

3. 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) An Italian spy trade publication.
(c) A decoder.
(d) A short wave radio.

4. What is Penny doing when she acknowledges that Heaven could not provide anything better than what she is enjoying at the moment?
(a) She is sitting at the dinner table with Pop-pop, Me-me and her mom, Eleanor.
(b) She is receiving gift after gift at her birthday party.
(c) She is blowing out the candles on her birthday cake.
(d) She is watching the Dodgers play ball.

5. What is Frankie's gift to Penny on her twelfth birthday?
(a) The fly ball that he caught at the Dodgers' ball game.
(b) A catcher's mitt.
(c) A baseball cap with her name on it.
(d) A crime comic.

6. What does Me-me fix for Penny's twelfth birthday breakfast?
(a) Banana pancakes.
(b) Porridge with strawberries.
(c) Apple strudel and pork sausage.
(d) Ham and eggs.

7. Which of the following newspaper sections are read to Penny on while she is at the hospital?
(a) Classifieds Section.
(b) Political Section.
(c) Women's Section.
(d) Local News.

8. 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 playcatch with him.
(b) Frankie persuades Penny to go to the soda shoppe and have a hot fudge sundae 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.

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

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

11. Which of the following terms does Uncle Dominic use in referring to Ann Marie's husband?
(a) Louse.
(b) Fool.
(c) Creep.
(d) Jerk.

12. Why is Eleanor disappointed toward the end of Penny's twelfth birthday?
(a) Because she does not have the funds to buy Penny a special birthday gift.
(b) Because she has been upstaged by her late husband's side of the family.
(c) Because Penny has been eating too many sweets.
(d) Because she realizes that Penny's childhood is ending.

13. Where is Me-me when Penny gets home from the wake?
(a) In the dining room.
(b) In the living room.
(c) In the bedroom.
(d) In the kitchen.

14. 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 Penny has outgrown it.
(c) That it is missing three buttons.
(d) That it has a black stain all along its right side.

15. What, to Penny's surprise, does she find that she misses while she is in the hospital?
(a) Playing ball with Frankie.
(b) Sitting in the Plymouth RoadKing with Uncle Dominic.
(c) Me-me's banana pancakes.
(d) School.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Penny's mother not have the opportunity to give Penny on her birthday?

2. Which of the following will Frankie have to pay for in relation to the misdeed that he has committed?

3. Which of the following jobs is Penny assigned to handle at Falucci's Meat Market upon her return to work following her stay at the hospital?

4. What is the name of Pop-pop's deceased nephew whom he claims to be able to talk to through radio static?

5. Which of the following represents a category that Penny uses to categorize the other kids in her ward?

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