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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Angel of the Lord.
(c) Mary.
(d) Member of the angel choir.

3. How many children are in the Herdman family?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

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

5. The smallest children in Sunday School class usually sing what song when attending church services?
(a) Ave Maria.
(b) Lamb of God.
(c) Awesome God.
(d) Jesus Loves Me.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Father feel about attending the Christmas pageant?

2. What is Charlie's reply when he is asked what he likes about Sunday School?

3. The narrator states that her friend Alice had what kind of hands by age four?

4. 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?

5. What rule is enacted during Show-and-Tell after Claude Herdman's participation?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mother at first feel about coordinating the Christmas pageant?

2. In what ways does the author employ hyperbole within Chapter One?

3. What is the symbolism of the Beware of Cat sign in the Herdmans' front yard?

4. What happens to create several open jobs within the church during the holiday season and which jobs become vacant?

5. What is the narrator's evidence for her claim that the "Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the the history of the world" (1)?

6. For what reason does Father tell Mother he does not want to attend this year's Christmas pageant?

7. How does the author go about portraying the Herdmans as unteachable?

8. What is the one virtue displayed by the Herdman children within the burned toolhouse incident?

9. What does Father say about the burning down of Fred Schneider's toolhouse?

10. For what purpose does the author use the allusion to "a day of rest" (21) in Chapter Two?

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