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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. How many children are in the Herdman family?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.
2. Where other people have grass in their yards, the Herdmans have what?
(a) Rattlesnakes.
(b) Shards of glass.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Tumbleweeds.
3. What proclamation does Mother make about Charlie's comment about his favorite part of Sunday School?
(a) It is not a very Christian sentiment.
(b) It is a practical sentiment.
(c) Hearing it made her prouder of Charlie than she had ever been.
(d) It is a heartwarming sentiment.
4. How often are the children required to visit the health room to get weighed and measured?
(a) Once a season.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Twice a year.
(d) Once a year.
5. In what grade is Charlie during the events of the Christmas pageant focused on by the narrator?
(a) First.
(b) Second.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Third.
Short Answer Questions
1. Father jokes that he had attended the pageant the year discussed by the narrator only to see what?
2. The narrator describes the former pageant coordinator as doing everything at church except what activity?
3. The narrator describes the Herdman siblings as being all alike in appearance, except for what two elements?
4. The smallest children in Sunday School class usually sing what song when attending church services?
5. How does Father feel about attending the Christmas pageant?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what purpose does the author go out of her way to portray the Herdman children as unteachable?
2. What connection does the narrator make between the Herdman siblings and the movies?
3. What do poison ivy and rocks symbolize within the narrative?
4. What simile does the narrator use to describe the way in which the Herdman children move through Woodrow Wilson School?
5. What happens to create several open jobs within the church during the holiday season and which jobs become vacant?
6. The narrator begins the narrative of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by describing what event?
7. For what purpose does the author use the allusion to "a day of rest" (21) in Chapter Two?
8. How does Mother at first feel about coordinating the Christmas pageant?
9. How does Mother come to be in charge of coordinating the pageant, rather than taking on some other role?
10. 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)?
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