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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Father jokes that he had attended the pageant the year discussed by the narrator only to see what?
(a) His own bathrobe in the pageant.
(b) Charlie as Joseph.
(c) Charlie as an angel.
(d) His bag of flour playing baby Jesus.

2. To what does the narrator compare "those South American fish that strip your bones clean in three minutes flat" (6)?
(a) The Herdman siblings eating lunch in the cafeteria.
(b) The Herdman siblings' treatment of their teachers in school.
(c) The Herdman siblings attending the Firefighters' party.
(d) The Herdman siblings attending the ice cream social.

3. When the school nurse asks Imogene whether Ollie is in bed, Imogene replies that Ollie is where?
(a) In bed at home.
(b) In his first grade classroom.
(c) At the mall.
(d) At the comic book store.

4. Everyone not given a major part in the Christmas pageant takes on what role?
(a) The worshippers.
(b) The tourists.
(c) The angel choir.
(d) The innkeepers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often are the children required to visit the health room to get weighed and measured?

2. How does Father feel about attending the Christmas pageant?

3. Before Charlie stands up to give his reason for liking Sunday School, how many other kids are said to have responded already?

4. What does the sign in the Herdmans' yard say?

5. What happens to the usual coordinator of the pageant that then requires a new coordinator?

(see the answer key)

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