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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Possums.
(b) Rats.
(c) Raccoons.
(d) Mice.

2. What happens while the fire department is inside the church and the evacuated civilians are waiting outside?
(a) A taxi cab nearly runs over one of the church members.
(b) A thunderstorm begins.
(c) The church's pet rabbit runs into the road.
(d) The applesauce cake burns up.

3. Whose name does Mother NOT call when she is trying to make sure that no one else is interested in playing the role of Mary?
(a) Janet.
(b) Alice.
(c) Roberta.
(d) Imogene.

4. How far away from the narrator's home does the usual pageant coordinator live?
(a) A block and a half away.
(b) A mile and a half away.
(c) Five blocks away.
(d) Twenty miles away.

5. How often are the children required to visit the health room to get weighed and measured?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Twice a year.
(c) Once a season.
(d) Once a year.

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. When Alice tells the narrator that she bets the Herdman siblings had acquired the ham in a particular way, what is the narrator's reply?

3. What do the Wise Men actually do at the point in the pageant when the choir sings What Child is This?

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

5. What is NOT named within the author's list of elements constituting "the usual big mess all over the place" (71) in the first few minutes of the pageant?

(see the answer key)

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