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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 intermediate grades have traditionally taken which roles?
(a) Shepherds.
(b) Donkeys.
(c) Angels.
(d) Wise Men.

2. Where other people have grass in their yards, the Herdmans have what?
(a) Rattlesnakes.
(b) Shards of glass.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Tumbleweeds.

3. When Mother is explaining the process of the pageant, what does the narrator think about how Mrs. Armstrong would feel about Mother's explanation?
(a) She thinks Mrs. Armstrong would be jealous of Mother's success.
(b) She thinks Mrs. Armstrong would be proud of how thorough Mother is being.
(c) She thinks Mrs. Armstrong would be angry about how much Mother is leaving out.
(d) She thinks Mrs. Armstrong would be surprised at how well-spoken Mother is.

4. What evidence is there for the conclusion that Mother had been a good choice to run a pageant full of Herdmans?
(a) She is very patient and explains everything to them so they can understand the story.
(b) She is tough and does not take any mouthing off from the Herdman kids.
(c) She had studied acting in college and knows how to handle difficult actors.
(d) She is a large, intimidating woman who yells a lot.

5. What does Imogene NOT threaten to do to Alice if Alice tries to play the part of Mary?
(a) To get Alice thrown out of school.
(b) To put worms in Alice's coat pocket.
(c) To draw pictures all over Alice's homework.
(d) To hit Alice in the head.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator mean when she says Mother told her "not to be so fresh" (26)?

3. Who does NOT volunteer to be a Wise Man in the pageant in the year described by the narrator?

4. Where other people have hydrangeas in their yards, the Herdmans have what?

5. Who is the youngest child in the Herdman family?

(see the answer key)

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