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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alice's reply when Mother asks her the reason for her behavior during the choosing of parts?
(a) She says that her mother had wanted her to make a change.
(b) She says that Gladys had threatened her with violence.
(c) She says that she does not know.
(d) She says that she has stage fright.

2. How does Mother feel about Mrs. Armstrong's announcement that she does not know how the pageant will turn out?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Angry.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Regretful.

3. What preparations does Claude make when he brings the cat to Show-and-Tell?
(a) He lets the cat go hungry for two days.
(b) He shaves the cat.
(c) He dyes the cat a vibrant shade of purple.
(d) He gives the cat a bath.

4. The Herdman family lives at the bottom of what type of topographical element?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A hill.
(c) A canyon.
(d) A river.

5. How many rehearsals in total does Mother say will take place before the pageant performance?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lie does Charlie tell Leroy to stop Leroy from stealing part of Charlie's lunch?

2. The narrator is in the same grade as which of the Herdman siblings?

3. In what grade is Charlie during the events of the Christmas pageant focused on by the narrator?

4. Whom does the narrator name as the character who always plays the role of Mary?

5. What does Imogene NOT threaten to do to Alice if Alice tries to play the part of Mary?

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