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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) Raccoons.
(c) Rats.
(d) Mice.

2. Father jokes that he had attended the pageant the year discussed by the narrator only to see what?
(a) His own bathrobe in the pageant.
(b) His bag of flour playing baby Jesus.
(c) Charlie as Joseph.
(d) Charlie as an angel.

3. When Father asks his family what had "finally happened to Herod" (50), what do they decide is the answer?
(a) Herod had lived a long and happy life.
(b) They do not know.
(c) Herod had died of pneumonia.
(d) Herod had been deposed and beheaded.

4. The mailman states that he thinks that the Herdmans' cat is not a cat at all, but is actually what type of animal?
(a) A puma.
(b) A jackal.
(c) A wolverine.
(d) A bobcat.

5. For what reason does the narrator say that Imogene had cried at one point during the pageant?
(a) Because she had realized how much she loved her mother.
(b) Because the narrator had told Imogene that she had done a great job as Mary.
(c) Because the spirit of Christmas had come over her all at once.
(d) Because Ralph had kicked her in the shin.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. The narrator begins the novel by declaring that "the Herdmans were absolutely the" what "kids in the history of the world" (1)?

4. In the annual Christmas pageant, children in intermediate grades have traditionally taken which roles?

5. What kind of building is the only one the Herdmans had managed to burn all the way to the ground?

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