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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. Who beats up Charlie every day during Charlie's second grade year?
(a) Buster.
(b) Claude.
(c) Imogene.
(d) Leroy.
2. Mrs. Wendleken uses what adjective to describe Mother's decision to allow a Herdman to play the role of Mary?
(a) Insane.
(b) Heretical.
(c) Immoral.
(d) Sacrilegious.
3. At the end of Mother's story to Father about the first pageant rehearsal, what conclusion does she draw about the Herdman siblings?
(a) They are sincere in their interest in acting.
(b) They will surely ruin the pageant.
(c) They have dim futures.
(d) They have good instincts.
4. What statement does Mother make that causes the narrator to describe her words as "the biggest" of "all the lies she'd told so far" (68)?
(a) She says that Imogene will be the best Mary the church has ever seen.
(b) She says that Gladys will be the best Angel of the Lord the church has ever seen.
(c) She says that Ralph will be the best Joseph the church has ever seen.
(d) She says that this year's Christmas pageant will be the best the church has ever seen.
5. What evidence is there for the conclusion that Mother had been a good choice to run a pageant full of Herdmans?
(a) She is very patient and explains everything to them so they can understand the story.
(b) She had studied acting in college and knows how to handle difficult actors.
(c) She is a large, intimidating woman who yells a lot.
(d) She is tough and does not take any mouthing off from the Herdman kids.
Short Answer Questions
1. The congregation of the narrator's church has a food drive every year for what cause?
2. In what location does Imogene ask the narrator how to check out a book from the library?
3. Who usually coordinates the Christmas pageant?
4. Who does NOT volunteer to be a Wise Man in the pageant in the year described by the narrator?
5. What part does Alice tell the narrator that she hopes the narrator gets again because the narrator is so good at the part?
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