Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator say about the prediction that no would come to see the pageant?
2. Who does NOT volunteer to be a Wise Man in the pageant in the year described by the narrator?
3. What evidence is there for the conclusion that Mother had been a good choice to run a pageant full of Herdmans?
4. What does the narrator finally decide when she is trying to figure out why someone would write down every bad action taken by the Herdman siblings?
5. Who begins to write down on a pad of paper every bad action taken by the Herdman siblings during the pageant rehearsals?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator portray her friend Alice's personification of Mrs. Armstrong's saying, "There are no parts, only small actors" (21)?
2. Discuss the significance of Mother's comment when she states to Father, "No, their chief instinct was to get Mary and the baby out of the barn. But even so, it was Herod they wanted to do away with, and Mary or Joseph. They picked out the right villain -- that must mean something" (50).
3. In what ways does the author depict Father as a funny man?
4. How is foreshadowing employed within the last two sentences of Chapter Six?
5. What does the library symbolize?
6. In what ways does Mother display the qualities of fortitude and perseverance?
7. How does the narrator's interaction with the Herdmans change the narrator's perspective of the Christmas story?
8. What questions are raised in the narrator's mind about the Nativity story as a result of her interactions with the Herdmans?
9. Discuss the author's purpose for including Alice's character within the narrative.
10. What kinds of transgressions do the Herdman siblings commit throughout the course of the pageant rehearsal period and how does the narrator know about these actions?
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
What is the author's message regarding poverty in Barbara Robinson’s novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and what themes or symbols does the author employ in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how and why Barbara Robinson instills humanist messages within the narrative of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
|
This section contains 1,590 words (approx. 6 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
