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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Herdman family lives at the bottom of what type of topographical element?
2. How often are the children required to visit the health room to get weighed and measured?
3. The narrator describes the former pageant coordinator as doing everything at church except what activity?
4. Who beats up Charlie every day during Charlie's second grade year?
5. What rule is enacted during Show-and-Tell after Claude Herdman's participation?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author go about portraying the Herdmans as unteachable?
2. Describe several aspects of the Christmas pageant, as it had been presented every year before the events described in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
3. For what purpose does the author use the allusion to "a day of rest" (21) in Chapter Two?
4. What connection does the narrator make between the Herdman siblings and the movies?
5. What does Father say about the burning down of Fred Schneider's toolhouse?
6. Describe one particular instance of the author's use of humor and examine its effect on the reader.
7. 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)?
8. In what ways does the author employ hyperbole within Chapter One?
9. What evidence does the narrator provide for her conclusion that it is Charlie's fault that the Herdmans get involved in the Christmas pageant?
10. What level of involvement had Mother expected to have in the pageant prior to taking over as coordinator?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's choice to tell the story of Barbara Robinson’s novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever using the first person point-of-view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are the author's intended and invoked effects on the reader?
Essay Topic 2
Determine the author's message regarding the idea that compassion leads to more favorable results than judgment.
Essay Topic 3
Look carefully at passages of the novel that describe the relationships among the various Herdman siblings. What is the author's purpose for portraying these family relationships within the narrative?
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