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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of their home do the Herdman siblings play with in order to try to hurt one another?
(a) The roof.
(b) The pool.
(c) The garage door.
(d) The gutter.

2. What is Charlie's reply when he is asked what he likes about Sunday School?
(a) He says that he likes how quiet and peaceful it is.
(b) He says that he likes the feeling he gets when he goes there.
(c) He says that there are no Herdmans there.
(d) He says that he likes to learn songs about Jesus.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sensory detail does the narrator NOT describe experiencing, pointing to the conclusion that the usual pageant coordinator has been injured?

2. Who does NOT volunteer to be a Wise Man in the pageant in the year described by the narrator?

3. In the annual Christmas pageant, children in intermediate grades have traditionally taken which roles?

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

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

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