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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Frankie going to attempt to do while carrying out his offer of help to Nonny?
(a) Look for money that has been stashed away by Grandpa Falucci.
(b) Listen to a ball game on the radio.
(c) Talk to his best buddy, Herbert on Nonny's telephone.
(d) Play a game of checkers with Penny.

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 type of disease does Me-me believe that a person can contract at a public pool?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) Polio.

4. What does Me-me fix for Penny's twelfth birthday breakfast?
(a) Banana pancakes.
(b) Porridge with strawberries.
(c) Apple strudel and pork sausage.
(d) Ham and eggs.

5. What was Frankie caught doing that led to him running to Penny's home?
(a) Attempting to steal a car.
(b) Drawing graffiti on the city libary's exterior.
(c) Stealing from the collection plate at the church.
(d) Shoplifting at the drugstore.

6. What does Penny's mother gift Penny for her twelfth birthday?
(a) A locket.
(b) A ruby necklace.
(c) A charm bracelet.
(d) A bicycle.

7. Which of the following is not among the gifts that Penny receives on her birthday?
(a) A fancy satin skirt.
(b) A twenty-dollar bill.
(c) A comb and brush set.
(d) Black patent Mary Janes.

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

9. 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) Is the doctor going to perform surgery on you?
(b) Can you move your fingers yet?
(c) Are you bored after having spent so many days here?
(d) Are you depressed?

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

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

12. How many funeral cards does Frankie claim to have collected when he and Penny learn about their relative's death?
(a) Forty-three.
(b) Eight.
(c) Thirty-one.
(d) Thirteen.

13. What does Pop-pop tell Penny when she returns home from Frankie's house?
(a) That Scarlett O'Hara has died.
(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 Me-me is very sick.

14. What month of the year is Penny finally released from the hospital?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) September.
(d) June.

15. Which of the following newspaper sections are read to Penny on while she is at the hospital?
(a) Women's Section.
(b) Local News.
(c) Political Section.
(d) Classifieds Section.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items had Uncle Dominic given to Penny's father that created such a stir that resulted in Penny's father being sent to an internment camp in the state of Oklahoma where he eventually died?

2. Where did Penny offer to hide Frankie?

3. What, to Penny's surprise, does she find that she misses while she is in the hospital?

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

5. What does Penny's mother not have the opportunity to give Penny on her birthday?

(see the answer keys)

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