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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many songs are sung about angels during the time it takes the children in the primary grades to enter?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 14.

2. What kind of building is the only one the Herdmans had managed to burn all the way to the ground?
(a) A toolhouse.
(b) A garage.
(c) A playhouse.
(d) A carport.

3. The narrator states that before donating their Christmas ham to the pageant, the Herdman siblings had only ever given away anything except what?
(a) Lumps on the head.
(b) Stitches.
(c) Insults.
(d) Bruises.

4. Mother only half-jokingly says that "it may be the first Christmas pageant in history where Joseph and the Wise Men" (70) take what action?
(a) Get in a fight with one another.
(b) Run away with the baby.
(c) Forget their lines.
(d) Swear at the shepherds.

5. What is the name of the narrator's school?
(a) Woodrow Wilson School.
(b) Warren G. Harding School.
(c) Abraham Lincoln School.
(d) Thomas Jefferson School.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the oldest child in the Herdman family?

2. The narrator states that "the whole point of Jesus is that he didn't come down on a" what "out of Amazing Comics" (72)?

3. What information does Imogene collect about her classmates that she then uses to blackmail them to get things she wants?

4. From what Christmas song does the angel choir always sing two verses before beginning to hum while the Holy Family makes their entrance?

5. Father says that when the pageant is over, he might want to take what action?

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