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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of vegetables are served as part of the dinner with Mr. Mulligan?
(a) Peas and onions.
(b) Spinach and carrots.
(c) Peas and lima beans.
(d) Carrots and green beans.

2. Who makes Penny tongue-tied outside the eatery where she and Pop-pop enjoy a hamburger and a sundae?
(a) Frankie.
(b) Jack.
(c) Robert.
(d) Henry.

3. Where does Penny end up going when she visits her father's side of the family?
(a) She ends up going to the cemetery.
(b) She ends up going to the theatre.
(c) She ends up going to church.
(d) She ends up going to the soda shop.

4. What is the fight that Penny gets in at the ball field based upon?
(a) A boy who Penny has a crush on.
(b) A call made by the umpire.
(c) Penny's hair being pulled.
(d) Uncle Dominic being referred to as being crazy.

5. Whose order is the basis for jokes among Penny and her co-workers?
(a) Mrs. Wiederhorn's.
(b) Mrs. Giaquinto's.
(c) Mrs. Morelli's.
(d) Mrs. Harrison's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Penny's mother laughing and talking with at the door when Penny awakens at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. Which of the following is the subject matter in which Penny and her co-workers find humor?

3. Which of the following words is misspelled on the sign on the fence at Mrs. Morelli's house?

4. What does Frankie offer to do for Uncle Paulie?

5. What was Penny's mother wearing in the photo behind which Penny's father wrote, "I am the luckiest fella ever"?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the text in Chapters 4 and 5 of the book, what action by Penny's mother leads Penny to believe that her mother is now in a happier mood than Penny has ever known her to be?

2. Based on the narrative in Chapter 3 of the book, how do Penny and Frankie show their politeness to Mrs. Wiederhorn during their meat delivery stop at her house?

3. Based on the text in Chapters 7 and 8 of the book, do Pop-pop and Penny buy anything while they are out for a walk?

4. According to the narrative in the sixth chapter of the book, can Sunday dinners at Penny's paternal grandmother's (Nonny's) house be described as being Italian-themed?

5. Based on the focus upon it in the first chapter of the book, what type of lifestyle is that of Penny Falucci's?

6. According to the text in Chapter 3 of the book, how does a large dog interfere with Frankie and Penny's attempt to deliver meat to Mrs. Morelli?

7. Based on the narrative in the first chapter of the book, how are Penny and her Uncle Dominic "different" from other baseball fans in their community?

8. Based on the text in the sixth chapter of the book, in what way is Penny's paternal Uncle Nunzio generous to her?

9. According to the text in Chapter 3 of the book, are any signs visible signs of what may be spousal abuse that Frankie and Penny detect while making a delivery stop at Mrs. Giaquinto's house and speaking with her briefly?

10. According to the narrative in the eleventh chapter of the book, what takes place before Penny receives her shiner from Veronica?

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