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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. Everyone not given a major part in the Christmas pageant takes on what role?
2. What is NOT listed among the activities performed by the Sunday School children when they attend church services?
3. Prior to Imogene's announcement about the note she has seen about Albert in the nurse's book, how does Albert think he will spend the following summer?
4. What symptom does Imogene tell the school nurse her brother Ollie has been displaying?
5. In the annual Christmas pageant, children in primary grades have traditionally taken which roles?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the author's use of vivid imagery within the scene of the Herdmans' first time at Sunday school.
2. How does Mother come to be in charge of coordinating the pageant, rather than taking on some other role?
3. For what reason do the Herdman siblings believe they have found evidence proving Charlie's promises of food at church to be valid?
4. What evidence is presented in Chapter One regarding the dire nature of the Herdman family's financial situation?
5. What simile does the narrator use to describe the way in which the Herdman children move through Woodrow Wilson School?
6. How does the author employ foreshadowing at the end of Chapter Two?
7. What is the symbolism of the Beware of Cat sign in the Herdmans' front yard?
8. How does Mother at first feel about coordinating the Christmas pageant?
9. In what ways does the author employ hyperbole within Chapter One?
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)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sensory details are used frequently within Barbara Robinson’s novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author affect the characterization present within each of the three scenes.
Essay Topic 2
Trace the characterization arc of the narrator’s character throughout the novel. Discuss whether she is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.
Essay Topic 3
How does the theme of forgiveness function within the novel and what is the author's message regarding this theme?
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