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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 position does Frankie feel that he will lose as a result of the misdeed that he has committed?
(a) His position as an altar boy.
(b) His position as a grass mower in the neighborhood.
(c) His position as delivery boy for Uncle Ralphie.
(d) His position as pitcher on his baseball team.

2. What is Frankie's gift to Penny on her twelfth birthday?
(a) A crime comic.
(b) A catcher's mitt.
(c) The fly ball that he caught at the Dodgers' ball game.
(d) A baseball cap with her name on it.

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

4. Who mentions that they may be helping Frankie get into college someday?
(a) Uncle Nunzio.
(b) Uncle Dominic.
(c) Uncle Ralphie.
(d) Pop-pop.

5. Which of the following newspaper sections are read to Penny on while she is at the hospital?
(a) Women's Section.
(b) Local News.
(c) Classifieds Section.
(d) Political Section.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the bedspread that adorns Penny's bed upon her return home from the hospital?

2. Where is Me-me when Penny gets home from the wake?

3. What is the name of Penny's doctor?

4. What does Frankie know that he has to do?

5. Who arrives at Penny's room at the hospital with a container full of ice cream for Penny?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Based on the text in the twelfth chapter of the book, why does Frankie feel justified in treating Aunt Concetta's death as an uneventful occurrence in his life as well as that of Penny's?

3. 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?

4. According to the text in Chapter 16 of the book, how is Penny distracted to the point that she injures her arm while putting the laundry through the wringer of the washing machine in Nonny's basement?

5. According to the narrative in Chapter 19, what contributes to Penny changing her attitude toward Mr. Mulligan change while she is in the hospital?

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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