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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 does Frankie know that he has to do?
(a) Hire a lawyer.
(b) Apologize to those whom he has wronged.
(c) Tell his parents what has happened.
(d) Turn himself in to the authorities.

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

3. How does Frankie manage to get himself and Penny in trouble at the wake?
(a) By poking the corpse.
(b) By playing his transistor radio loudly.
(c) By laughing out loud.
(d) By chewing gum and popping it.

4. Which of the following will Frankie have to pay for in relation to the misdeed that he has committed?
(a) A stained carpet.
(b) A dead-bolt lock.
(c) A busted door.
(d) A broken window.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not visit Penny while she is in the hospital?

2. What is the flavor of the ice cream that Penny is gifted with while she is recuperating in the hospital?

3. Who is Frankie running from when Penny finds him in the bushes in her back yard?

4. Which of the following two questions is Penny being asked covertly every time that she is visited at the hospital by a friend or relative, and asked how she is feeling?

5. Which of the following is not among the gifts that Penny receives on her birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Based on the text in Chapter 18, what does Penny learn from Frankie in relation to Uncle Dominic's whereabouts during her stay in the hospital?

4. According to the narrative in Chapter 17 of the book, how do Penny's relatives make her feel special while she is in the hospital?

5. Based on the narrative in the twelfth chapter of the book, how does Penny show her support for Pop-pop's belief that he is able to talk to Mickey, the nephew whom he lost in the War, through radio static?

6. According to the text in Chapter 20 of the book, do any pleasant things or occurrences take place in Penny's life upon her return from the hospital?

7. 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?

8. Based on the text in Chapter 14 of the book, how does Frankie's problem with the church ultimately get resolved?

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

10. According to the narrative in the thirteenth chapter of the book, what types of items is Penny gifted with on her birthday that may help enhance her appearance?

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