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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a reason the narrator names for her friend Alice always playing the role of Mary in the pageant?
(a) She is neat and clean.
(b) She is smart.
(c) She is holy-looking.
(d) She has a loud voice.

2. What is Alice's reply when Mother asks her the reason for her behavior during the choosing of parts?
(a) She says that Gladys had threatened her with violence.
(b) She says that she does not know.
(c) She says that her mother had wanted her to make a change.
(d) She says that she has stage fright.

3. Alice tells the narrator that she bets the Herdman siblings had acquired the ham in what way?
(a) They stole it.
(b) They begged for it.
(c) Their father sent it to them.
(d) They bought it with money from their allowances.

4. When Mother is explaining the process of the pageant, what does the narrator think about how Mrs. Armstrong would feel about Mother's explanation?
(a) She thinks Mrs. Armstrong would be proud of how thorough Mother is being.
(b) She thinks Mrs. Armstrong would be jealous of Mother's success.
(c) She thinks Mrs. Armstrong would be surprised at how well-spoken Mother is.
(d) She thinks Mrs. Armstrong would be angry about how much Mother is leaving out.

5. What part does Alice tell the narrator that she hopes the narrator gets again because the narrator is so good at the part?
(a) Shepherd.
(b) Angel of the Lord.
(c) Mary.
(d) Member of the angel choir.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator describes how many people in town end up attending the pageant overall, for what purpose does she say those people attend?

2. What does the narrator say about the prediction that no would come to see the pageant?

3. What is NOT among the things the narrator says about humming for a long period of time?

4. Who is the only child in the pageant with a speaking part?

5. What does the narrator say about the number of people in town attending the pageant in question?

(see the answer key)

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