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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the Wise Men does Leroy play in the pageant?
(a) Abednigo.
(b) Melchior.
(c) Caspar.
(d) Balthazar.

2. How many songs are sung about angels during the time it takes the children in the primary grades to enter?
(a) 3.
(b) 14.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

3. What is the true source of the smoke that causes one of the women in the Ladies' Aid group to call the fire department?
(a) Ollie's chemistry set.
(b) Imogene's cigar.
(c) Gladys's pipe.
(d) Claude's cigarette.

4. What kind of expression does Alice have on her face when she answers Mother's query about Alice's behavior during the assigning of pageant roles?
(a) She looks mad.
(b) She looks sheepish.
(c) She looks uncertain.
(d) She looks scared.

5. The narrator states that Imogene never learns anything except what?
(a) Slang words and the multiplication tables.
(b) How to tie knots and how to hurt animals.
(c) Profane words and secrets about everyone.
(d) The multiplication tables and how to pick pockets.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what historical person does the narrator allude when referring to the ludicrous nature of Mother's declaration about the coming Christmas pageant?

2. Mrs. Armstrong tells Mother that she must choose the person who plays Mary very carefully because of what reason?

3. In what location does one of the Herdman siblings drop the ham onto the ground during the pageant?

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

5. What reason does Charlie's friend Hobie say he cannot be a shepherd?

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