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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator describe as swooping "back and forth and up and down till it made you sick at your stomach" (71)?
(a) The paper lanterns.
(b) The stage curtains.
(c) The angels.
(d) The spotlight.

3. The congregation of the narrator's church has a food drive every year for what cause?
(a) For the Orphans Home.
(b) For the Senior Home.
(c) For the Boys and Girls Club.
(d) For the children's hospital.

4. To whom did the burned building belong before the Herdmans burned it down?
(a) The high school.
(b) Mrs. Shears.
(c) Mr. Shoemaker.
(d) Mr. Herdman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. To what does the narrator compare "those South American fish that strip your bones clean in three minutes flat" (6)?

4. The narrator proclaims that it does not seem right for Father to be on the same side as whom?

5. At what time of year is the usual pageant coordinator injured, leading to Mother's assumption of the role instead?

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