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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Wendleken uses what adjective to describe Mother's decision to allow a Herdman to play the role of Mary?
(a) Insane.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Heretical.
(d) Sacrilegious.

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

3. For how many years has Miss Graebner been a librarian?
(a) 46.
(b) 16.
(c) 38.
(d) 8.

4. In the pageant incarnation described at the center of the narrative, who plays the role of the Angel of the Lord?
(a) Imogene.
(b) Gladys.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Alice.

5. At what time of year is the usual pageant coordinator injured, leading to Mother's assumption of the role instead?
(a) Two weeks before Thanksgiving.
(b) A month after Thanksgiving.
(c) A month before Thanksgiving.
(d) Three weeks before Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Charlie's friend Hobie say he cannot be a shepherd?

2. In what location does Imogene ask the narrator how to check out a book from the library?

3. Whom does the narrator name as the character who always plays the role of Joseph?

4. In the pageant incarnation described at the center of the narrative, who plays the role of Mary?

5. The narrator describes the traditional Christmas pageant prior to this year as "people shuffling around" (17) the stage wearing all but which of the following items?

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