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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Charlie stands up to give his reason for liking Sunday School, how many other kids are said to have responded already?
(a) 5-6.
(b) 19-20.
(c) 8-9.
(d) 2-3.

2. What does the sign in the Herdmans' yard say?
(a) Room for rent.
(b) Wet paint.
(c) Keep off the grass.
(d) Beware of the Cat.

3. The congregation of the narrator's church has a food drive every year for what cause?
(a) For the Senior Home.
(b) For the Boys and Girls Club.
(c) For the children's hospital.
(d) For the Orphans Home.

4. What is Charlie's reply when he is asked what he likes about Sunday School?
(a) He says that there are no Herdmans there.
(b) He says that he likes the feeling he gets when he goes there.
(c) He says that he likes how quiet and peaceful it is.
(d) He says that he likes to learn songs about Jesus.

5. To what does the narrator compare "those South American fish that strip your bones clean in three minutes flat" (6)?
(a) The Herdman siblings attending the ice cream social.
(b) The Herdman siblings' treatment of their teachers in school.
(c) The Herdman siblings eating lunch in the cafeteria.
(d) The Herdman siblings attending the Firefighters' party.

6. In the annual Christmas pageant, children classified as the biggest boys have traditionally taken which roles?
(a) Shepherds.
(b) Wise Men.
(c) Angels.
(d) Donkeys.

7. The narrator describes the former pageant coordinator as doing everything at church except what activity?
(a) Preaching.
(b) Genuflecting.
(c) Giving communion.
(d) Reading palms.

8. In the annual Christmas pageant, children in intermediate grades have traditionally taken which roles?
(a) Donkeys.
(b) Shepherds.
(c) Angels.
(d) Wise Men.

9. Father jokes that he had attended the pageant the year discussed by the narrator only to see what?
(a) His own bathrobe in the pageant.
(b) His bag of flour playing baby Jesus.
(c) Charlie as an angel.
(d) Charlie as Joseph.

10. How far away from the narrator's home does the usual pageant coordinator live?
(a) A mile and a half away.
(b) A block and a half away.
(c) Five blocks away.
(d) Twenty miles away.

11. Everyone not given a major part in the Christmas pageant takes on what role?
(a) The tourists.
(b) The innkeepers.
(c) The worshippers.
(d) The angel choir.

12. What is NOT a quality of the Herdman's cat?
(a) It has one eye.
(b) It has one short leg.
(c) It it missing one leg.
(d) It has a broken tail.

13. What information does Imogene collect about her classmates that she then uses to blackmail them to get things she wants?
(a) Their parents' annual income.
(b) Their weights.
(c) Their heights.
(d) Their deepest fears.

14. Who is the oldest child in the Herdman family?
(a) Gladys.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Leroy.
(d) Ollie.

15. In the annual Christmas pageant, children in primary grades have traditionally taken which roles?
(a) Shepherds.
(b) Donkeys.
(c) Wise Men.
(d) Angels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the school nurse?

2. How often does the whole Sunday school go to church and perform a special act during the first 15 minutes of the service to

3. Where other people have grass in their yards, the Herdmans have what?

4. Who is the youngest child in the Herdman family?

5. What is the name of the narrator's school?

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