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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a quality of the Herdman's cat?
(a) It has a broken tail.
(b) It has one eye.
(c) It it missing one leg.
(d) It has one short leg.

2. How far away from the narrator's home does the usual pageant coordinator live?
(a) Five blocks away.
(b) A block and a half away.
(c) Twenty miles away.
(d) A mile and a half away.

3. What proclamation does Father make about Charlie's comment about his favorite part of Sunday School?
(a) Hearing it made him prouder of Charlie than he had ever been.
(b) It is not a very Christian sentiment.
(c) It is a heartwarming sentiment.
(d) It is a practical sentiment.

4. Where other people have hydrangeas in their yards, the Herdmans have what?
(a) Rattlesnakes.
(b) Thorny roses.
(c) Poison ivy.
(d) Venus flytraps.

5. What task does Mother say she could do "with one hand tied behind" (16) her back?
(a) Run the bake sale.
(b) Coordinate the Christmas pageant.
(c) Take over as the chairman of the Ladies' Aid Bazaar.
(d) Run the pot-luck supper.

6. What part of their home do the Herdman siblings play with in order to try to hurt one another?
(a) The garage door.
(b) The roof.
(c) The gutter.
(d) The pool.

7. Who is the oldest child in the Herdman family?
(a) Ollie.
(b) Leroy.
(c) Gladys.
(d) Ralph.

8. The narrator describes the former pageant coordinator as doing everything at church except what activity?
(a) Reading palms.
(b) Preaching.
(c) Genuflecting.
(d) Giving communion.

9. To what day does the narrator look forward in order to get a break from the Herdmans?
(a) Sundays.
(b) Fridays.
(c) Mondays.
(d) Saturdays.

10. What does the sign in the Herdmans' yard say?
(a) Beware of the Cat.
(b) Wet paint.
(c) Room for rent.
(d) Keep off the grass.

11. What tactic does the narrator name as the best way to avoid contact with Imogene?
(a) Doing Imogene's homework for her.
(b) Walking by the river on the way to and from school.
(c) Sitting in the front of the classroom.
(d) Remaining completely nondescript.

12. How do the narrator and her little brother Charlie feel about being in the Christmas pageant?
(a) They only like to be in the pageant so that their grandmother can fly in to see it.
(b) They do not want to be in the pageant.
(c) They only like to be in the pageant to get Mother's attention.
(d) They cannot wait to be in the pageant.

13. In what grade is Charlie during the events of the Christmas pageant focused on by the narrator?
(a) Second.
(b) Fourth.
(c) First.
(d) Third.

14. At what time of year is the usual pageant coordinator injured, leading to Mother's assumption of the role instead?
(a) Three weeks before Christmas.
(b) A month after Thanksgiving.
(c) A month before Thanksgiving.
(d) Two weeks before Thanksgiving.

15. How does Father feel about attending the Christmas pageant?
(a) He looks forward to the pageant every year.
(b) He likes to help with the stagecraft for the pageant, but then he rarely attends the pageant itself.
(c) He does not want to attend the pageant.
(d) He only wants to attend the pageant to use his new video camera.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who beats up Charlie every day during Charlie's second grade year?

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

4. When the school nurse asks Imogene whether Ollie is in bed, Imogene replies that Ollie is where?

5. The narrator describes the traditional Christmas pageant prior to this year as "people shuffling around" (17) the stage wearing all but which of the following items?

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