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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. In what location does Imogene ask the narrator how to check out a book from the library?
2. To what historical person does the narrator allude when referring to the ludicrous nature of Mother's declaration about the coming Christmas pageant?
3. What is NOT an element mentioned by the narrator as a quality the pageant Mary had always displayed?
4. What is NOT a role assigned to the older boys and girls without major parts in the pageant?
5. The pageant's dress rehearsal takes place the night before what other event?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator's interaction with the Herdmans change the narrator's perspective of the Christmas story?
2. How does the narrator portray her friend Alice's personification of Mrs. Armstrong's saying, "There are no parts, only small actors" (21)?
3. In what ways does Mother display the qualities of fortitude and perseverance?
4. How is irony used within the depiction of the cigar-smoking incident in the church restroom?
5. What evidence does the author provide for the conclusion that having the first meeting about the pageant after church is a poor decision?
6. Discuss how the theme of appearance versus reality appears in Chapter Five.
7. What does the narrator understand about the Herdman siblings that Alice does not?
8. What message is being sent about arrogance within Mother's exclamation when she shouts, "That woman! She must be surprised that the sun is still coming up every morning without her to supervise the sunrise" (45)?
9. How is foreshadowing employed within the last two sentences of Chapter Six?
10. Discuss how Mother's character is depicted as having unending supplies of patience and compassion.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the author's focus on the theme of transformation in Barbara Robinson’s novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. What message is the author sending about change and about one other theme of your choice?
Essay Topic 2
How might Barbara Robinson’s novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever be classified as a coming-of-age story?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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