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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom of the following accompanies Penny for her birthday gift-related trip?
(a) Frankie.
(b) Me-me.
(c) Uncle Ralphie.
(d) Aunt Gina.

2. How many times per day does Eleanor (Penny's mother) visit her while she is in the hospital?
(a) Once a day.
(b) Three times a day.
(c) Four times a day.
(d) Twice a day.

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

4. 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?
(a) Inventory Clerk.
(b) Greeter.
(c) Cashier.
(d) Bookkeeper.

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

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

7. What does Uncle Ralphie do in observance of Penny's birthday?
(a) He places a birthday announcement in the local paper.
(b) He sets up a college fund for Penny at the local bank.
(c) He closes the store for the day.
(d) He raises a flag with Penny's name on it.

8. What position does Frankie feel that he will lose as a result of the misdeed that he has committed?
(a) His position as delivery boy for Uncle Ralphie.
(b) His position as pitcher on his baseball team.
(c) His position as an altar boy.
(d) His position as a grass mower in the neighborhood.

9. 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.

10. 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 watching the Dodgers play ball.
(c) She is blowing out the candles on her birthday cake.
(d) She is receiving gift after gift at her birthday party.

11. Who stops the fight between Cousin Benny and Ann Marie's husband?
(a) Pop-pop.
(b) Uncle Ralphie.
(c) Uncle Dominic.
(d) Uncle Salvatore.

12. Who does Penny overhear talking about the young girl in her ward who is dying?
(a) Some nurses.
(b) Some doctors.
(c) Some orderlies.
(d) Some hospital lab workers.

13. Where did Penny offer to hide Frankie?
(a) Under her bed.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In her closet.

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

15. Which of the following two questions is Penny being asked covertly every time that she is visited at the hospital by a friend or relative, and asked how she is feeling?
(a) Are you depressed?
(b) Can you move your fingers yet?
(c) Is the doctor going to perform surgery on you?
(d) Are you bored after having spent so many days here?

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not among the gifts that Penny receives on her birthday?

2. Which of the following does Frankie pull out from a hole behind a brick on the wall?

3. What color is the bedspread that adorns Penny's bed upon her return home from the hospital?

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

5. What color have the walls in Penny's room been painted to prior to her return home from the hospital?

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