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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What name does Penny choose for the black and white kitten that Pop-pop gives to her when she returns home from the hospital?
(a) Garrett.
(b) Felix.
(c) Fluffs.
(d) Rhett.

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

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

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

6. What is the name of Pop-pop's deceased nephew whom he claims to be able to talk to through radio static?
(a) Gus.
(b) Mickey.
(c) Allen.
(d) Charlie.

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. What does Uncle Ralphie do in observance of Penny's birthday?
(a) He raises a flag with Penny's name on it.
(b) He sets up a college fund for Penny at the local bank.
(c) He closes the store for the day.
(d) He places a birthday announcement in the local paper.

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) Scratch.
(c) See.
(d) Talk.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Frankie manage to get himself and Penny in trouble at the wake?

2. What is the name of Penny's doctor?

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

4. What color have the walls in Penny's room been painted to prior to her return home from the hospital?

5. What does Uncle Ralphie give to Penny for her twelfth birthday?

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