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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 does Alice do with the information she has about the Herdman siblings' involvement with the fire department being called to the church?
(a) She tells her mother.
(b) She tells Reverend Hopkins.
(c) She tells Ralph.
(d) She tells the narrator.

2. What statement does Mother make that causes the narrator to describe her words as "the biggest" of "all the lies she'd told so far" (68)?
(a) She says that this year's Christmas pageant will be the best the church has ever seen.
(b) She says that Ralph will be the best Joseph the church has ever seen.
(c) She says that Gladys will be the best Angel of the Lord the church has ever seen.
(d) She says that Imogene will be the best Mary the church has ever seen.

3. 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) Gladys's pipe.
(b) Imogene's cigar.
(c) Claude's cigarette.
(d) Ollie's chemistry set.

4. The narrator is in the same grade as which of the Herdman siblings?
(a) Claude.
(b) Gladys.
(c) Ollie.
(d) Imogene.

5. The neighbors around the toolhouse had been worried that it would attract what types of animals, prior to burning to the ground at the hands of the Herdman siblings?
(a) Mice.
(b) Raccoons.
(c) Possums.
(d) Rats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator mean when she says Mother told her "not to be so fresh" (26)?

2. What is NOT an element mentioned by the narrator as a quality the pageant Mary had always displayed?

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

4. Everyone not given a major part in the Christmas pageant takes on what role?

5. When Mrs. McCarthy calls Mother, what does she suggest the Herdmans be allowed to do in lieu of taking roles within the pageant?

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