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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Frankie volunteer to do for Nonny?
(a) Wash her and Pop-pop's car.
(b) Sweep pine needles off the roof of her home.
(c) Mow the grass.
(d) The laundry.

3. 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 died.
(c) That he has received a letter from Uncle Salvatore.
(d) That Scarlett O'Hara has received a clean bill of health from the vet.

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

5. Who finally tells Penny the truth about the situation surrounding her father's death?
(a) Aunt Gina.
(b) Cousin Benny.
(c) Aunt Fulvia.
(d) Uncle Dominic.

6. Who reads the newspaper to Penny while she is in the hospital?
(a) Nurse Rita.
(b) Her mother, Eleanor.
(c) Pop-pop.
(d) Mr. Mulligan.

7. What is the flavor of the ice cream that Penny is gifted with while she is recuperating in the hospital?
(a) Strawberry.
(b) Rocky Road.
(c) Butter Pecan.
(d) Caramel Swirl.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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) Play a game of checkers with Penny.
(c) Listen to a ball game on the radio.
(d) Talk to his best buddy, Herbert on Nonny's telephone.

15. 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?
(a) A short wave radio.
(b) A telescope.
(c) An Italian spy trade publication.
(d) A decoder.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Which of the following will Frankie have to pay for in relation to the misdeed that he has committed?

5. What does Aunt Gina do for Penny upon her return home from the hospital?

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