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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the oldest child in the Herdman family?
(a) Ollie.
(b) Gladys.
(c) Leroy.
(d) Ralph.

2. How often does the whole Sunday school go to church and perform a special act during the first 15 minutes of the service to
(a) Every December.
(b) Every month.
(c) Every three months.
(d) Every week.

3. What does the narrator say is "the only unexpected thing that every happened to" (17) the pageant?
(a) Mrs. Armstrong breaking her leg.
(b) Mrs. Freeborn burning her hand.
(c) Mrs. Wendelken breaking her arm.
(d) Mrs. Robinson cutting her hand.

4. In the annual Christmas pageant, children classified as the biggest boys have traditionally taken which roles?
(a) Wise Men.
(b) Angels.
(c) Shepherds.
(d) Donkeys.

5. Father jokes that he had attended the pageant the year discussed by the narrator only to see what?
(a) Charlie as an angel.
(b) Charlie as Joseph.
(c) His bag of flour playing baby Jesus.
(d) His own bathrobe in the pageant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the usual coordinator of the pageant that then requires a new coordinator?

2. The narrator states that all of the teachers at school claim that what element is "supposed to be a big secret" (9) in addition to one's weight?

3. If one wants to avoid attracting the wrath of Imogene, what action should he or she take when the teacher asks a question?

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

5. The narrator is in the same grade as which of the Herdman siblings?

(see the answer key)

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