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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who whistles a birthday salute in song for Penny on her special day?
(a) Frankie.
(b) Uncle Dominic.
(c) Uncle Salvatore.
(d) Cousin Benny.

4. What does Pop-pop tell Penny when she returns home from Frankie's house?
(a) That Me-me is very sick.
(b) That Scarlett O'Hara has received a clean bill of health from the vet.
(c) That he has received a letter from Uncle Salvatore.
(d) That Scarlett O'Hara has died.

5. Whom of the following is Frankie working for after Penny is released from the hospital?
(a) For Mrs. Morelli..
(b) For Dr. Goldstein.
(c) For Uncle Nunzio.
(d) For Mrs. Weiderhorn.

6. What color have the walls in Penny's room been painted to prior to her return home from the hospital?
(a) Turquoise.
(b) Beige.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Yellow.

7. Which of the following states is Uncle Dominic visiting while Penny is in the hospital recuperating from her injury?
(a) Florida.
(b) Maine.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Vermont.

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

9. What does Penny's mother not have the opportunity to give Penny on her birthday?
(a) A photo of herself, Penny, and Penny's father.
(b) A special letter that she had composed for her.
(c) A birthday party.
(d) A piano.

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

11. What do Penny and Jack Teitelzweig do on their outing together?
(a) They go out for ice cream.
(b) They go on a picnic.
(c) They watch a baseball game.
(d) They go to a movie.

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

13. Which of the following activities does Penny find difficult to do while she is in the hospital?
(a) Turn her head to the left or right.
(b) See.
(c) Scratch.
(d) Talk.

14. Where does Me-me keep the equipment and supplies that Frankie will need to carry out his offer of help to Nonny ?
(a) In the basement.
(b) In the storage shed.
(c) In the utility room.
(d) In the garage.

15. Which of the following represents a category that Penny uses to categorize the other kids in her ward?
(a) Unlucky.
(b) Curable.
(c) Lucky.
(d) Incurable.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom of the following does Frankie owe an apology to in relation to the misdeed that he has committed?

3. What does the doctor tell Penny about her injured arm?

4. Which of the following activities does Penny find most exhausting during her stay at the hospital?

5. What does the funeral director threaten Frankie with due to his misbehavior?

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