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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Me-me notice about the dress that Penny is to wear to her deceased relative's wake?
(a) That it is missing three buttons.
(b) That it has a black stain all along its right side.
(c) That it has a horrific tear all along one of its seams.
(d) That Penny has outgrown it.

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

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

4. Who is Frankie running from when Penny finds him in the bushes in her back yard?
(a) Uncle Dominic.
(b) His father.
(c) The police.
(d) Cousin Benny.

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

6. Who mentions that they may be helping Frankie get into college someday?
(a) Uncle Dominic.
(b) Uncle Ralphie.
(c) Pop-pop.
(d) Uncle Nunzio.

7. 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 blowing out the candles on her birthday cake.
(b) She is receiving gift after gift at her birthday party.
(c) She is sitting at the dinner table with Pop-pop, Me-me and her mom, Eleanor.
(d) She is watching the Dodgers play ball.

8. What does Uncle Ralphie give to Penny for her twelfth birthday?
(a) A pecan roll.
(b) A collection of baseball cards.
(c) A set of tickets to the ball game.
(d) A pair of binoculars.

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

10. Who drives Penny to the hospital following her accident?
(a) Uncle Dominic.
(b) Cousin Benny.
(c) Uncle Ralphie.
(d) Pop-pop.

11. What color is the bedspread that adorns Penny's bed upon her return home from the hospital?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Pink.

12. Which of the following activities does Penny find most exhausting during her stay at the hospital?
(a) Bathing.
(b) Using the bathroom.
(c) Physical therapy.
(d) Socializing with her visitors.

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

14. What had the judge told Frankie the last time that he had appeared before the bench?
(a) That he needed to hire a lawyer.
(b) That he had a son who looked a lot like him (Frankie).
(c) That he would try him, even if he were a juvenile.
(d) That he better not see him in court again.

15. Whom of the following asks a nurse whether Penny's father was really a spy?
(a) A man named Marvin.
(b) A man named Harvey.
(c) A man named Wade.
(d) A man named Winston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following United States military services does Mr. Mulligan tell Penny that he joined at one time?

2. Which of Penny's relatives has died?

3. What do Penny and Jack Teitelzweig do on their outing together?

4. Who finally tells Penny the truth about the situation surrounding her father's death?

5. 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?

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