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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 happens to the usual coordinator of the pageant that then requires a new coordinator?
(a) She breaks her leg.
(b) She burns her hand.
(c) She cuts her hand.
(d) She breaks her arm.

2. To what day does the narrator look forward in order to get a break from the Herdmans?
(a) Saturdays.
(b) Sundays.
(c) Fridays.
(d) Mondays.

3. 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 month.
(b) Every three months.
(c) Every December.
(d) Every week.

4. For what reason does the narrator say Miss Brandel had passed Claude on to second grade even though he had not mastered the required skills?
(a) Because she knew she would have Ralph the following year.
(b) Because she knew she would have Imogene the following year.
(c) Because she knew she would have Ollie the following year.
(d) Because she knew she would have Gladys the following year.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the pageant incarnation described at the center of the narrative, who plays the role of Joseph?

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

4. Mrs. Armstrong tells Mother that she always reminds the pageant participants of what saying?

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

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