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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the annual Christmas pageant, children classified as the biggest boys have traditionally taken which roles?
(a) Wise Men.
(b) Angels.
(c) Donkeys.
(d) Shepherds.

2. What kind of building is the only one the Herdmans had managed to burn all the way to the ground?
(a) A toolhouse.
(b) A carport.
(c) A playhouse.
(d) A garage.

3. The narrator is in the same grade as which of the Herdman siblings?
(a) Gladys.
(b) Ollie.
(c) Claude.
(d) Imogene.

4. The narrator states that her friend Alice had what kind of hands by age four?
(a) Fidgety hands.
(b) Worried hands.
(c) Arthritic hands.
(d) Detergent hands.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What proclamation does Father make about Charlie's comment about his favorite part of Sunday School?

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

3. The narrator begins the novel by declaring that "the Herdmans were absolutely the" what "kids in the history of the world" (1)?

4. How far away from the narrator's home does the usual pageant coordinator live?

5. What is the name of the narrator's school?

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