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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Lorraine and Helen do at the party?
(a) Play a quiet card game in the corner.
(b) Accidentally break a chair.
(c) Hide Mr. Pignati's pig collection.
(d) Try on Conchetta's dresses.

2. At home, John is frequently told to do what?
(a) Move out.
(b) Make dinner for everyone.
(c) Stop hanging around Lorraine.
(d) Quit disturbing his parents.

3. On a snowy night, what do John and Lorraine confess to Mr. Pignati?
(a) They don't work for a charity.
(b) They suspect him of killing his wife.
(c) They're the ones who ring his doorbell and run away.
(d) At first they are terrified of him.

4. When John and Lorraine meet Mr. Pignati at the Staten Island ferry, they encounter what?
(a) Drunks and bums.
(b) Lorraine's mother.
(c) Actors and models.
(d) The school principal.

5. What does Lorraine think about John's idea for a party at Mr. Pignati's house?
(a) She's indifferent.
(b) She's distracted by the phone ringing.
(c) It's wonderful.
(d) It's crazy.

6. When they are alone in Mr. Pignati's house, John looks around to see:
(a) If he can find any money lying around.
(b) The many photos of Mr. Pignati's relatives.
(c) How much beer and wine he can find.
(d) What it's like to live there full-time.

7. What happens to Mr. Pignati once he learns that Bobo dies of pneumonia?
(a) He walks away in stunned silence.
(b) He chokes on a peanut and loses consciousness.
(c) He is struck by grief and dies.
(d) He tells the kids he never wants to see them again.

8. What does Lorraine conclude is the strongest thing in the world?
(a) Hope.
(b) Willpower.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Love.

9. What do John and Lorraine do for music at the party?
(a) Bring a band.
(b) Sing songs.
(c) Hire a DJ.
(d) Play old records.

10. When John and Lorraine give Mr. Pignati his house keys at the hospital, he does what?
(a) Takes the keys and throws them out the window.
(b) Stares at them blankly and refuses to take the keys.
(c) Tells them to keep the keys in case they want to watch television at his place.
(d) Sadly tells them that he no longer needs his keys.

11. Does John genuinely believe that Mr. Pignati wants them to have a party?
(a) He doesn't care what Mr. Pignati wants.
(b) He's not quite sure.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

12. When Lorraine and John visit Mr. Pignati at the hospital, what does he ask of them?
(a) To throw away his pair of roller skates.
(b) That they remember to be respectful to their parents.
(c) That they study hard and keep their grades up.
(d) To stop by the zoo and see Bobo.

13. The day after the party, what does John tell Lorraine that his parents think?
(a) He needs to be grounded for a month.
(b) They need to send him to boot camp.
(c) He needs to see a psychiatrist.
(d) He shouldn't see Mr. Pignati anymore.

14. As a result of what Norton plays with when he is little, according to John, Norton becomes what?
(a) A pushover.
(b) A bully.
(c) An introvert.
(d) A cynic.

15. Right before Mr. Pignati comes home from the hospital, what do Lorraine and John decide to do?
(a) Make a "welcome home" poster.
(b) Re-arrange his pigs.
(c) Clean his house.
(d) Bake him oatmeal cookies.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Lorraine and John discover what happens to Mrs. Pignati, how do Mr. Pignati's jokes make Lorraine feel?

2. While Mr. Pignati is recovering at the hospital, Lorraine chides John for _____.

3. What does Lorraine's mother do when the teen is brought home after the party?

4. After Mr. Pignati tells John and Lorraine a complicated story, they are instructed to write down the order in which they think that _____.

5. Are John and Lorraine allowed to have parties in their own homes?

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