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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 NOT a role assigned to the older boys and girls without major parts in the pageant?
(a) Ushers.
(b) Shepherds.
(c) Guests at the inn.
(d) Members of the angel choir.

2. On what day of the week does Mother say the pageant rehearsals will be?
(a) Thursdays.
(b) Sundays.
(c) Saturdays.
(d) Wednesdays.

3. How do the narrator and her little brother Charlie feel about being in the Christmas pageant?
(a) They only like to be in the pageant to get Mother's attention.
(b) They do not want to be in the pageant.
(c) They cannot wait to be in the pageant.
(d) They only like to be in the pageant so that their grandmother can fly in to see it.

4. When the school nurse asks Imogene whether Ollie is in bed, Imogene replies that Ollie is where?
(a) At the mall.
(b) In bed at home.
(c) At the comic book store.
(d) In his first grade classroom.

5. The narrator states that on the first Sunday the Herdmans came to Sunday School, they did not sing or say prayers. What activity does she say she knows the Herdmans had done, however?
(a) She knows that they hurt some people.
(b) She knows that they did not feel sorry.
(c) She knows that they made some money.
(d) She knows that they learned something.

Short Answer Questions

1. What symptom does Imogene tell the school nurse her brother Ollie has been displaying?

2. What preparations does Claude make when he brings the cat to Show-and-Tell?

3. Mrs. Armstrong tells Mother that she must choose the person who plays Mary very carefully because of what reason?

4. What sensory detail does the narrator NOT describe experiencing, pointing to the conclusion that the usual pageant coordinator has been injured?

5. As the injured former pageant coordinator emerges from her home, what is NOT a command she calls out?

(see the answer key)

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