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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. What is Charlie's reply when he is asked what he likes about Sunday School?
(a) He says that there are no Herdmans there.
(b) He says that he likes how quiet and peaceful it is.
(c) He says that he likes the feeling he gets when he goes there.
(d) He says that he likes to learn songs about Jesus.

2. To whom did the burned building belong before the Herdmans burned it down?
(a) Mrs. Shears.
(b) Mr. Shoemaker.
(c) Mr. Herdman.
(d) The high school.

3. In what type of container does Claude bring the Herdmans' cat to school?
(a) A suitcase.
(b) A metal barrel.
(c) A cardboard box.
(d) A gunny sack.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the annual Christmas pageant, children in intermediate grades have traditionally taken which roles?

2. The narrator is in the same grade as which of the Herdman siblings?

3. Where other people have grass in their yards, the Herdmans have what?

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

5. What is the single thing Mother names as the only worry someone has when planning the task she says she could complete one-handed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe one particular instance of the author's use of humor and examine its effect on the reader.

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

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

5. What level of involvement had Mother expected to have in the pageant prior to taking over as coordinator?

6. What do poison ivy and rocks symbolize within the narrative?

7. Describe several aspects of the Christmas pageant, as it had been presented every year before the events described in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

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

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

10. What evidence does the narrator provide for her conclusion that it is Charlie's fault that the Herdmans get involved in the Christmas pageant?

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