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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 symptom does Imogene tell the school nurse her brother Ollie has been displaying?
(a) Black bruises all over his body.
(b) Blindness.
(c) Flaky skin all over his body.
(d) Red spots all over his body.

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

3. The narrator states that her friend Alice had what kind of hands by age four?
(a) Worried hands.
(b) Detergent hands.
(c) Fidgety hands.
(d) Arthritic hands.

4. What is NOT a role assigned to the older boys and girls without major parts in the pageant?
(a) Shepherds.
(b) Ushers.
(c) Members of the angel choir.
(d) Guests at the inn.

5. Mrs. Armstrong tells Mother that she must choose the person who plays Mary very carefully because of what reason?
(a) Because Mary has the greatest number of lines.
(b) Because Mary has the most elaborate costume.
(c) Because Mary does not speak and only uses facial expressions.
(d) Because Mary was the mother of Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does the whole Sunday school go to church and perform a special act during the first 15 minutes of the service to

2. The narrator describes the traditional Christmas pageant prior to this year as "people shuffling around" (17) the stage wearing all but which of the following items?

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

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

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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