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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 happens to rob the pageant of its real infant playing the role of Jesus?
(a) The baby is needed for another nativity pageant that night.
(b) The baby gets the mumps.
(c) The baby gets chicken pox.
(d) The baby is adopted by a family.

2. In what location does Imogene ask the narrator how to check out a book from the library?
(a) The playground.
(b) The gym.
(c) The library.
(d) The classroom.

3. When the narrator states how she has always felt about Herod, what is something she does NOT say?
(a) Herod was just a name.
(b) Herod was somebody in the Bible.
(c) Herod was a villain.
(d) Herod was a king.

4. What is Alice's reply when Mother asks her the reason for her behavior during the choosing of parts?
(a) She says that her mother had wanted her to make a change.
(b) She says that she has stage fright.
(c) She says that she does not know.
(d) She says that Gladys had threatened her with violence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What task does Mother say she could do "with one hand tied behind" (16) her back?

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

3. What does Mother tell Charlie when he says he does not want to be a shepherd and will become sick if she forces him?

4. For how many years has Miss Graebner been a librarian?

5. The narrator is in the same grade as which of the Herdman siblings?

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