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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 will Frankie have to pay for in relation to the misdeed that he has committed?
(a) A busted door.
(b) A dead-bolt lock.
(c) A broken window.
(d) A stained carpet.

2. What month of the year is underway when Frankie asks Penny to go to the public pool with him?
(a) October.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) April.

3. What does the funeral director threaten Frankie with due to his misbehavior?
(a) To ask him to leave.
(b) To kill him.
(c) To take his transistor radio away from him.
(d) To call the police.

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

5. What is the flavor of the ice cream that Penny is gifted with while she is recuperating in the hospital?
(a) Butter Pecan.
(b) Caramel Swirl.
(c) Strawberry.
(d) Rocky Road.

6. Why does Penny become the most popular person in her ward after visiting hours?
(a) Because she has a television set.
(b) Because she keeps snacks in her room.
(c) Because she has a radio.
(d) Because she always has something interesting to say.

7. Who does not visit Penny while she is in the hospital?
(a) Uncle Sally.
(b) Pop-pop.
(c) Uncle Dominic.
(d) Frankie.

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

9. What does Aunt Gina do for Penny upon her return home from the hospital?
(a) She takes her to the Sweet Shoppe for a banana split.
(b) She gives her a classics book collection to read.
(c) She takes her to the beauty salon for a hair done.
(d) She gives her a gorgeous bouquet of flowers.

10. Where does Penny travel for one of her birthday gifts?
(a) To New York City.
(b) To Boston.
(c) To Atlantic City.
(d) To Buffalo.

11. What is the name of Penny's doctor?
(a) Dr. Goldstein.
(b) Dr. Stewart.
(c) Dr. Boyle.
(d) Dr. Updike.

12. What does Frankie volunteer to do for Nonny?
(a) Mow the grass.
(b) Wash her and Pop-pop's car.
(c) Sweep pine needles off the roof of her home.
(d) The laundry.

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

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

15. 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) Greeter.
(b) Cashier.
(c) Bookkeeper.
(d) Inventory Clerk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who whistles a birthday salute in song for Penny on her special day?

3. 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?

4. Where did Penny offer to hide Frankie?

5. Who slaps Uncle Dominic across the face while Penny is recuperating at the hospital?

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