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

2. Which of the following states is Uncle Dominic visiting while Penny is in the hospital recuperating from her injury?
(a) Florida.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Maine.
(d) Vermont.

3. What, to Penny's surprise, does she find that she misses while she is in the hospital?
(a) Sitting in the Plymouth RoadKing with Uncle Dominic.
(b) Playing ball with Frankie.
(c) School.
(d) Me-me's banana pancakes.

4. 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 it has a horrific tear all along one of its seams.
(c) That it is missing three buttons.
(d) That Penny has outgrown it.

5. What does Uncle Ralphie give to Penny for her twelfth birthday?
(a) A pair of binoculars.
(b) A set of tickets to the ball game.
(c) A collection of baseball cards.
(d) A pecan roll.

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. Who mentions that they may be helping Frankie get into college someday?

3. Which of the following does Frankie persuade Penny to do once Me-me and Pop-pop leave the house to go pay a house visit to a married couple whom they know?

4. Which of the following activities is part of the "perfect day" that Penny spends with her Uncle Dominic?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the text in Chapter 17 of the book, what contributes to Penny's disappointment while she is in the hospital?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. According to the narrative in Chapter 17 of the book, what are Penny's thoughts in relation to the people who stop by to visit her while she is in 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 narrative in Chapter 14 of the book, why has Frankie decided to run to Penny's house and hide there?

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

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