View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator states that on the first Sunday the Herdmans came to Sunday School, they did not sing or say prayers. What activity does she say she knows the Herdmans had done, however?
(a) She knows that they made some money.
(b) She knows that they hurt some people.
(c) She knows that they did not feel sorry.
(d) She knows that they learned something.

2. The Herdman family lives over what type of structure?
(a) A clothing store.
(b) A garage.
(c) A metal workshop.
(d) A bar.

3. How often does the whole Sunday school go to church and perform a special act during the first 15 minutes of the service to
(a) Every December.
(b) Every week.
(c) Every three months.
(d) Every month.

4. What rule is enacted during Show-and-Tell after Claude Herdman's participation?
(a) No one can bring money to Show-and-Tell.
(b) No one can bring noisy things to Show-and-Tell.
(c) No one can bring living things to Show-and-Tell.
(d) No one can perform acrobatics for Show-and-Tell.

5. What symptom does Imogene tell the school nurse her brother Ollie has been displaying?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Flaky skin all over his body.
(c) Red spots all over his body.
(d) Black bruises all over his body.

Short Answer Questions

1. The congregation of the narrator's church has a food drive every year for what cause?

2. 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?

3. Who usually coordinates the Christmas pageant?

4. To whom did the burned building belong before the Herdmans burned it down?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason do the Herdman siblings believe they have found evidence proving Charlie's promises of food at church to be valid?

2. What connection does the narrator make between the Herdman siblings and the movies?

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

4. 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)?

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

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

7. The narrator begins the narrative of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by describing what event?

8. How does Mother come to be in charge of coordinating the pageant, rather than taking on some other role?

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

10. What simile does the narrator use to describe the way in which the Herdman children move through Woodrow Wilson School?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,143 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample