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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The smallest children in Sunday School class usually sing what song when attending church services?
(a) Ave Maria.
(b) Awesome God.
(c) Jesus Loves Me.
(d) Lamb of God.

2. When the school nurse asks Imogene whether Ollie is in bed, Imogene replies that Ollie is where?
(a) In bed at home.
(b) At the comic book store.
(c) At the mall.
(d) In his first grade classroom.

3. The narrator describes the Herdman siblings as being all alike in appearance, except for what two elements?
(a) Their sizes and the locations of their bruises.
(b) Their genders and their hair lengths.
(c) Their sizes and their ages.
(d) Their scowls and their sharp elbows.

4. At the end of Mother's story to Father about the first pageant rehearsal, what conclusion does she draw about the Herdman siblings?
(a) They are sincere in their interest in acting.
(b) They will surely ruin the pageant.
(c) They have good instincts.
(d) They have dim futures.

5. What does the narrator describe as swooping "back and forth and up and down till it made you sick at your stomach" (71)?
(a) The spotlight.
(b) The angels.
(c) The stage curtains.
(d) The paper lanterns.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the Herdman siblings do once the fire department arrives at the church?

3. Father says that when the pageant is over, he might want to take what action?

4. What is NOT an element mentioned by the narrator as a quality the pageant Mary had always displayed?

5. By the time all of the parts are assigned in the narrative, most of the actors have what last name?

(see the answer key)

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