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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the narrator name as the character who always plays the role of Joseph?
(a) Simon.
(b) Reverend Hopkins.
(c) Elmer.
(d) Leroy.

2. What is NOT an act included on the pad of paper that lists the bad actions of the Herdman siblings during rehearsals?
(a) They drink communion wine.
(b) They smoke cigars in the bathroom.
(c) They steal crayons from the Sunday School cupboards.
(d) They steal Bibles.

3. What kind of expression does Alice have on her face when she answers Mother's query about Alice's behavior during the assigning of pageant roles?
(a) She looks mad.
(b) She looks sheepish.
(c) She looks uncertain.
(d) She looks scared.

4. When Mother hears the doorbell during her conversation with Mrs. Armstrong, who is at the door?
(a) Mr. Armstrong.
(b) Father.
(c) Reverend Hopkins.
(d) The narrator.

5. What is NOT an element mentioned by the narrator as a quality the pageant Mary had always displayed?
(a) Dreamy.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Ever-smiling.
(d) Otherworldly.

6. Which of the Wise Men does Leroy play in the pageant?
(a) Caspar.
(b) Balthazar.
(c) Melchior.
(d) Abednigo.

7. What is NOT a role assigned to the older boys and girls without major parts in the pageant?
(a) Guests at the inn.
(b) Ushers.
(c) Members of the angel choir.
(d) Shepherds.

8. By the time all of the parts are assigned in the narrative, most of the actors have what last name?
(a) Armstrong.
(b) Wendelken.
(c) Herdman.
(d) Hopkins.

9. What reason does Charlie's friend Hobie say he cannot be a shepherd?
(a) He says that he has to get his tonsils removed.
(b) He says that he is going to Australia.
(c) He says he is going to Philadelphia.
(d) He says that he has to get his appendix removed.

10. What does the narrator say about the prediction that no would come to see the pageant?
(a) She says the person had been wrong.
(b) She says the person had been partially correct.
(c) She says that the person could not possibly believe their own luck.
(d) She says the person had been right.

11. What do the Herdman siblings do once the fire department arrives at the church?
(a) They lie down in the street.
(b) They ask to help fight the fire.
(c) They leave.
(d) They throw spitballs at the evacuees.

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

13. What does Alice do with the information she has about the Herdman siblings' involvement with the fire department being called to the church?
(a) She tells Ralph.
(b) She tells the narrator.
(c) She tells Reverend Hopkins.
(d) She tells her mother.

14. At the end of Mother's story to Father about the first pageant rehearsal, what conclusion does she draw about the Herdman siblings?
(a) They have dim futures.
(b) They will surely ruin the pageant.
(c) They are sincere in their interest in acting.
(d) They have good instincts.

15. On what day of the week does Mother say the pageant rehearsals will be?
(a) Thursdays.
(b) Wednesdays.
(c) Sundays.
(d) Saturdays.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mother feel about Mrs. Armstrong's announcement that she does not know how the pageant will turn out?

2. What is the true source of the smoke that causes one of the women in the Ladies' Aid group to call the fire department?

3. What does the narrator finally decide when she is trying to figure out why someone would write down every bad action taken by the Herdman siblings?

4. When the narrator states how she has always felt about Herod, what is something she does NOT say?

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

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