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

2. The narrator describes the Herdman siblings as being all alike in appearance, except for what two elements?
(a) Their genders and their hair lengths.
(b) Their sizes and their ages.
(c) Their scowls and their sharp elbows.
(d) Their sizes and the locations of their bruises.

3. What does the narrator say is "the only unexpected thing that every happened to" (17) the pageant?
(a) Mrs. Freeborn burning her hand.
(b) Mrs. Wendelken breaking her arm.
(c) Mrs. Armstrong breaking her leg.
(d) Mrs. Robinson cutting her hand.

4. What symptom does Imogene tell the school nurse her brother Ollie has been displaying?
(a) Flaky skin all over his body.
(b) Red spots all over his body.
(c) Black bruises all over his body.
(d) Blindness.

5. The narrator begins the novel by declaring that "the Herdmans were absolutely the" what "kids in the history of the world" (1)?
(a) Yuckiest.
(b) Worst.
(c) Poorest.
(d) Dumbest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Wendleken uses what adjective to describe Mother's decision to allow a Herdman to play the role of Mary?

2. On what day of the week does Mother say the pageant rehearsals will be?

3. The Herdman family lives over what type of structure?

4. What does the sign in the Herdmans' yard say?

5. What task does Mother say she could do "with one hand tied behind" (16) her back?

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