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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of Penny's relatives has died?
(a) Great Uncle Herbert
(b) Aunt Beth.
(c) Great Aunt Liesl.
(d) Aunt Concetta.

4. What is Penny doing when Uncle Dominic finally stops by to see her following her stay at the hospital?
(a) Talking on the telephone.
(b) Exercising her arm as the doctor instructed her.
(c) Watching her new kitten chase squirrels.
(d) Eating breakfast.

5. Who slaps Uncle Dominic across the face while Penny is recuperating at the hospital?
(a) Nonny.
(b) Pop-pop.
(c) Uncle Ralphie.
(d) Eleanor.

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

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

8. Who arrives at Penny's room at the hospital with a container full of ice cream for Penny?
(a) Nonny.
(b) Uncle Ralphie.
(c) Mr. Mulligan.
(d) Aunt Gina.

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

10. 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.

11. Who drives Penny and her family to the funeral home for her deceased relative's wake?
(a) Cousin Benny.
(b) Uncle Ralphie.
(c) Cousin Paul.
(d) Uncle Salvatore.

12. 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.

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

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

15. Whom of the following is the lifeguard on duty on the day that Penny and Frankie visit the public pool for a swim?
(a) Kenny Bates.
(b) Jack Teitelzweig.
(c) Maury Gillette.
(d) Bradley Pacer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not visit Penny while she is in the hospital?

2. Which of the following terms does Uncle Dominic use in referring to Ann Marie's husband?

3. Who stops the fight between Cousin Benny and Ann Marie's husband?

4. What is Frankie going to attempt to do while carrying out his offer of help to Nonny?

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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