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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many rehearsals in total does Mother say will take place before the pageant performance?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

2. 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 surprised at how well-spoken Mother is.
(d) She thinks Mrs. Armstrong would be angry about how much Mother is leaving out.

3. Mrs. Armstrong tells Mother that she always reminds the pageant participants of what saying?
(a) A stitch in time saves nine.
(b) It is better to be safe than sorry.
(c) There are no small parts, only small actors.
(d) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

4. 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 ruined the pageant.
(b) She thinks that the Herdman siblings improved the pageant a lot.
(c) She thinks that the Herdman siblings could not have cared less about the pageant.
(d) She thinks that while the Herdman siblings' performances were terrible, their hearts were in the right place.

5. What is NOT a reason the narrator names for her friend Alice always playing the role of Mary in the pageant?
(a) She is neat and clean.
(b) She is holy-looking.
(c) She is smart.
(d) She has a loud voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Alice tells the narrator that she bets the Herdman siblings had acquired the ham in a particular way, what is the narrator's reply?

2. To whom did the burned building belong before the Herdmans burned it down?

3. As the injured former pageant coordinator emerges from her home, what is NOT a command she calls out?

4. What symptom does Imogene tell the school nurse her brother Ollie has been displaying?

5. When the school nurse asks Imogene whether Ollie is in bed, Imogene replies that Ollie is where?

(see the answer key)

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