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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part does Alice tell the narrator that she hopes the narrator gets again because the narrator is so good at the part?
(a) Mary.
(b) Member of the angel choir.
(c) Angel of the Lord.
(d) Shepherd.

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

3. What information does Imogene collect about her classmates that she then uses to blackmail them to get things she wants?
(a) Their weights.
(b) Their deepest fears.
(c) Their parents' annual income.
(d) Their heights.

4. The narrator describes the former pageant coordinator as doing everything at church except what activity?
(a) Genuflecting.
(b) Reading palms.
(c) Giving communion.
(d) Preaching.

5. What is Alice's opinion of the Herdman siblings' impact on the pageant after all is said and done?
(a) She thinks that the Herdman siblings could not have cared less about the pageant.
(b) She thinks that the Herdman siblings improved the pageant a lot.
(c) She thinks that the Herdman siblings ruined the pageant.
(d) She thinks that while the Herdman siblings' performances were terrible, their hearts were in the right place.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT named within the author's list of elements constituting "the usual big mess all over the place" (71) in the first few minutes of the pageant?

2. On what adjective do Mother and Father agree when describing Mary having to give birth to Jesus in a stable?

3. For what reason does the narrator say that Imogene had cried at one point during the pageant?

4. What is the true source of the smoke that causes one of the women in the Ladies' Aid group to call the fire department?

5. How often does the whole Sunday school go to church and perform a special act during the first 15 minutes of the service to

(see the answer key)

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