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

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

3. Why does Uncle Angelo get sick so often?
(a) Because he likes to get attention from everyone.
(b) Because he has a chronic medical condition.
(c) Because he has been drinking.
(d) Because he is very sensitive to allergies.

4. What is Pop-pop doing when Penny gets home from the wake?
(a) Writing a tribute about the deceased relative.
(b) Paying some bills.
(c) Talking on the telephone.
(d) Listening to his deceased nephew on the radio static again.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Me-me keep the equipment and supplies that Frankie will need to carry out his offer of help to Nonny ?

2. Who slaps Uncle Dominic across the face while Penny is recuperating at the hospital?

3. Why does Penny become the most popular person in her ward after visiting hours?

4. What does Uncle Ralphie do in observance of Penny's birthday?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Based on the narrative in Chapter 14 of the book, why has Frankie decided to run to Penny's house and hide there?

2. According to the text in the fourteenth chapter of the book, what does Penny do in order to keep her dying Scarlett O'Hara comfortable during the last hours of her life?

3. Based on the narrative in the thirteenth chapter of the book, how is Penny's birthday observed by her father's side of the family?

4. According to the narrative in Chapter 20 of the book, do any new beings enter Penny's life after she returns home from the hospital?

5. Based on the text in the twelfth chapter of the book, why does Frankie feel justified in treating Aunt Concetta's death as an uneventful occurrence in his life as well as that of Penny's?

6. According to the narrative in Chapter 19, what contributes to Penny changing her attitude toward Mr. Mulligan change while she is in the hospital?

7. According to the text in Chapter 13 of the book, what normal events take place in Penny's life on her birthday?

8. According to the narrative in Chapter 16 of the book, how does Penny react in relation to her arm injury?

9. Based on the narrative in Chapter 20 of the book, how does Penny's job at Uncle Ralphie's meat market change when she returns to work following her stay in the hospital?

10. According to the narrative in Chapter 14 of the book, what contributes toward Penny shedding tears and telling her Uncle Dominic that her life is all messed up?

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