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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alice tells the narrator that she bets the Herdman siblings had acquired the ham in what way?
(a) They stole it.
(b) They bought it with money from their allowances.
(c) Their father sent it to them.
(d) They begged for it.

2. What is the narrator's opinion of the Herdman siblings' impact on the pageant after all is said and done?
(a) She thinks that the Herdman siblings improved the pageant a lot.
(b) She thinks that the Herdman siblings could not have cared less about the pageant.
(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.

3. At what time does the pageant begin?
(a) 9:30 in the evening.
(b) 6:30 in the evening.
(c) 8:30 in the evening.
(d) 7:30 in the evening.

4. How does Father feel about attending the Christmas pageant?
(a) He does not want to attend the pageant.
(b) He only wants to attend the pageant to use his new video camera.
(c) He looks forward to the pageant every year.
(d) He likes to help with the stagecraft for the pageant, but then he rarely attends the pageant itself.

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 tonsils removed.
(c) He says that he has to get his appendix removed.
(d) He says that he is going to Australia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ollie carrying when he marches up the aisle as a Wise Man, even though he is supposed to be carrying a jar of salt representing myrrh?

2. What question does Imogene ask the narrator when the narrator says that to get a library card, you must sign your name?

3. The Herdman family lives at the bottom of what type of topographical element?

4. What is NOT a quality of the Herdman's cat?

5. What object does Ollie have to have surgically removed from his ear?

(see the answer key)

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