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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What statement does Mother make that causes the narrator to describe her words as "the biggest" of "all the lies she'd told so far" (68)?
(a) She says that Gladys will be the best Angel of the Lord the church has ever seen.
(b) She says that Imogene will be the best Mary the church has ever seen.
(c) She says that Ralph will be the best Joseph the church has ever seen.
(d) She says that this year's Christmas pageant will be the best the church has ever seen.

2. What element does the narrator name as keeping people from getting into the library basement undetected?
(a) A sign-in sheet.
(b) A locked door.
(c) The treacherous stairs.
(d) A noisy chain.

3. When Imogene tells Albert that she has seen the nurse's note about him, how does she say he will be spending the following summer?
(a) Spending the summer at aikido camp.
(b) Spending the summer in physical therapy for scoliosis.
(c) Spending the summer at fat camp.
(d) Spending the summer making up work in summer school.

4. What kinds of books does the narrator say are kept in the basement of the library?
(a) Dirty.
(b) Discarded.
(c) Health.
(d) Biology.

5. 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) Mice.
(d) Rats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part does Alice tell the narrator that she hopes the narrator gets again because the narrator is so good at the part?

2. What does the narrator mean when she says Mother told her "not to be so fresh" (26)?

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

4. The narrator describes the Herdman siblings as being all alike in appearance, except for what two elements?

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

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