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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mother says that when the pageant is over, she might want to take what action?
(a) Sell tickets for a second showing.
(b) Get hamburgers with the family.
(c) Go someplace and hide.
(d) Take a long nap.

2. What part does Alice tell the narrator that she hopes the narrator gets again because the narrator is so good at the part?
(a) Shepherd.
(b) Mary.
(c) Angel of the Lord.
(d) Member of the angel choir.

3. In the pageant incarnation described at the center of the narrative, who plays the role of Mary?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Alice.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Imogene.

4. Mother only half-jokingly says that "it may be the first Christmas pageant in history where Mary" (70) takes what action?
(a) Smokes a cigar.
(b) Swears at the shepherds.
(c) Runs away with the baby.
(d) Forgets her lines.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what day does the narrator look forward in order to get a break from the Herdmans?

2. What reason does Mother finally give Mrs. Armstrong so that she can get off the phone and cook the pork chops?

3. Where other people have grass in their yards, the Herdmans have what?

4. How many songs are sung about angels during the time it takes the children in the primary grades to enter?

5. What is Alice's opinion of the Herdman siblings' impact on the pageant after all is said and done?

(see the answer key)

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