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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mrs. Wendleken uses what adjective to describe Mother's decision to allow a Herdman to play the role of Mary?
(a) Insane.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Sacrilegious.
(d) Heretical.

2. Why do all of the shepherds get nervous when Mother mentions the Angel of the Lord?
(a) They are scared of the narrator, the girl playing the Angel of the Lord.
(b) They are scared of Imogene, the girl playing the Angel of the Lord.
(c) They are scared of Gladys, the girl playing the Angel of the Lord.
(d) They are scared of Alice, the girl playing the Angel of the Lord.

3. The Herdman family lives at the bottom of what type of topographical element?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A river.
(c) A canyon.
(d) A hill.

4. How much had the character who always played Joseph unsuccessfully offered another character to play the role of Joseph instead?
(a) $5.
(b) $10.
(c) $1.
(d) 50 cents.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which character voices the concern that no one may come to see the pageant?

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

4. The narrator states that there is a greater number of children inhabiting which role than any other role?

5. At the end of Mother's story to Father about the first pageant rehearsal, what conclusion does she draw about the Herdman siblings?

(see the answer key)

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