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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. Who drives Penny to the hospital following her accident?
(a) Uncle Ralphie.
(b) Pop-pop.
(c) Uncle Dominic.
(d) Cousin Benny.

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

3. Who manages to get an all-access pass to visit Penny in her hospital room at any time?
(a) Me-me.
(b) Pop-pop.
(c) Uncle Ralphie.
(d) Frankie.

4. 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.

5. Which of the following terms does Uncle Dominic use in referring to Ann Marie's husband?
(a) Creep.
(b) Louse.
(c) Jerk.
(d) Fool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Frankie going to attempt to do while carrying out his offer of help to Nonny?

2. What month of the year is Penny finally released from the hospital?

3. Who does Penny overhear talking about the young girl in her ward who is dying?

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

5. How many funeral cards does Frankie claim to have collected when he and Penny learn about their relative's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Based on the text in the thirteenth chapter of the book, do any misunderstandings occur between Penny and her mother on her Penny's birthday?

2. 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?

3. According to the text in Chapter 15 of the book, what are some of the reasons that Penny should not join Frankie in going to the public pool?

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. According to the text in the twelfth chapter of the book, how does Uncle Dominic resolve the situations that Uncle Benny gets into as family members are attempting to make their way to and from Aunt Concetta's wake?

6. According to the narrative in the twelfth chapter of the book, how does Frankie attempt to turn Aunt Concetta's wake into what he considers to be a fun event for himself?

7. 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?

8. Based on the text in Chapter 20 of the book, how has Penny's bedroom been changed when she returns home following her stay in the hospital?

9. According to the text in Chapter 18, what happens to the eight-year-old female cancer patient after all the other children (with the exception of Penny) have been released from the hospital and gone home?

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

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