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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. How does Father feel about attending the Christmas pageant?
(a) He only wants to attend the pageant to use his new video camera.
(b) He looks forward to the pageant every year.
(c) He likes to help with the stagecraft for the pageant, but then he rarely attends the pageant itself.
(d) He does not want to attend the pageant.

2. To what day does the narrator look forward in order to get a break from the Herdmans?
(a) Sundays.
(b) Saturdays.
(c) Mondays.
(d) Fridays.

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

4. What kinds of books does the narrator say are kept in the basement of the library?
(a) Biology.
(b) Health.
(c) Discarded.
(d) Dirty.

5. What food does the narrator say the Sunday School kids get on Easter Sunday?
(a) Scrambled eggs.
(b) Marshmallows.
(c) Scalloped potatoes.
(d) Jelly beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the annual Christmas pageant, children in intermediate grades have traditionally taken which roles?

2. With what role assignment does Mrs. Armstrong say she always begins the pageant preparations?

3. Why do all of the shepherds get nervous when Mother mentions the Angel of the Lord?

4. What action eventually taken by a Herdman sibling is said by the narrator to be "the one great big sinful thing Alice" (66) had been hoping for?

5. What does the narrator say about the Herdmans' attendance at the pageant rehearsals?

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