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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the annual Christmas pageant, children in intermediate grades have traditionally taken which roles?
(a) Angels.
(b) Shepherds.
(c) Wise Men.
(d) Donkeys.

2. In the pageant incarnation described at the center of the narrative, who plays the role of the Angel of the Lord?
(a) Imogene.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Alice.

3. What is the name of the narrator's school?
(a) Thomas Jefferson School.
(b) Abraham Lincoln School.
(c) Warren G. Harding School.
(d) Woodrow Wilson School.

4. What is the true source of the smoke that causes one of the women in the Ladies' Aid group to call the fire department?
(a) Imogene's cigar.
(b) Ollie's chemistry set.
(c) Claude's cigarette.
(d) Gladys's pipe.

5. What lie does Charlie tell Leroy to stop Leroy from stealing part of Charlie's lunch?
(a) He says that his father is a policeman.
(b) He says that he gets all the dessert he wants at the library.
(c) He says that he gets all the dessert he wants at Sunday School.
(d) He says that he knows karate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of building is the only one the Herdmans had managed to burn all the way to the ground?

2. In the annual Christmas pageant, children classified as the biggest boys have traditionally taken which roles?

3. What is NOT an act included on the pad of paper that lists the bad actions of the Herdman siblings during rehearsals?

4. What preparations does Claude make when he brings the cat to Show-and-Tell?

5. What is NOT a reason the narrator names for her friend Alice always playing the role of Mary in the pageant?

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