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

2. What object does Imogene manage to get from Wanda by blackmailing her?
(a) A charm anklet.
(b) A charm bracelet.
(c) A ring.
(d) A necklace.

3. What is NOT a reason the narrator names for her friend Alice always playing the role of Mary in the pageant?
(a) She is smart.
(b) She is holy-looking.
(c) She is neat and clean.
(d) She has a loud voice.

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

5. What reason does Charlie's friend Hobie say he cannot be a shepherd?
(a) He says he is going to Philadelphia.
(b) He says that he has to get his appendix removed.
(c) He says that he is going to Australia.
(d) He says that he has to get his tonsils removed.

Short Answer Questions

1. The smallest children in Sunday School class usually sing what song when attending church services?

2. In what type of container does Claude bring the Herdmans' cat to school?

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

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

5. Who beats up Charlie every day during Charlie's second grade year?

(see the answer key)

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