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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. 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) Gladys's pipe.
(d) Claude's cigarette.

2. As the injured former pageant coordinator emerges from her home, what is NOT a command she calls out?
(a) She tells them to inform the Ladies' Aid Bazaar committee that she will miss the meeting.
(b) She tells them to call her husband.
(c) She tells them to turn off her clothes iron.
(d) She tells them to turn off her stove.

3. Which of the Wise Men does Leroy play in the pageant?
(a) Caspar.
(b) Balthazar.
(c) Melchior.
(d) Abednigo.

4. How do the narrator and her little brother Charlie feel about being in the Christmas pageant?
(a) They cannot wait to be in the pageant.
(b) They only like to be in the pageant so that their grandmother can fly in to see it.
(c) They do not want to be in the pageant.
(d) They only like to be in the pageant to get Mother's attention.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. At what time of day does Mrs. Armstrong always call the narrator's mother to discuss the pageant?

4. What kinds of books does the narrator say are kept in the basement of the library?

5. What kind of expression does Alice have on her face when she answers Mother's query about Alice's behavior during the assigning of pageant roles?

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