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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Penny usually call to fix the toilet at her house?
(a) Uncle Ralphie.
(b) Uncle Dominic.
(c) Al's Plumbing Service.
(d) Ace Plumbing Company.

2. What color is the apparel that Penny picks out for herself at her relative's clothing factory?
(a) Fuschia.
(b) Royal blue.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Cranberry.

3. Which of the following is Penny struck by when her Uncle Dominic drives her home?
(a) A yearning for chocolate ice cream.
(b) An idea to surprise her mother with a present.
(c) A hardball that crashes through the car windshield.
(d) The difference in her mother's family and her father's family.

4. Who drives Penny and her family to the funeral home for her deceased relative's wake?
(a) Cousin Paul.
(b) Uncle Salvatore.
(c) Uncle Ralphie.
(d) Cousin Benny.

5. Who does Penny overhear talking about the young girl in her ward who is dying?
(a) Some doctors.
(b) Some orderlies.
(c) Some hospital lab workers.
(d) Some nurses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Aunt Gina promise to take Penny when she leaves the hospital?

2. What is the ailment that appears to be claiming the life of the young girl dying in Penny's ward?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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