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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 so that their grandmother can fly in to see it.
(b) They only like to be in the pageant to get Mother's attention.
(c) They cannot wait to be in the pageant.
(d) They do not want to be in the pageant.

3. The Herdman family lives at the bottom of what type of topographical element?
(a) A river.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A canyon.
(d) A hill.

4. Where other people have grass in their yards, the Herdmans have what?
(a) Tumbleweeds.
(b) Rattlesnakes.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Shards of glass.

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

6. How does Father feel about attending the Christmas pageant?
(a) He only wants to attend the pageant to use his new video camera.
(b) He does not want to attend the pageant.
(c) He likes to help with the stagecraft for the pageant, but then he rarely attends the pageant itself.
(d) He looks forward to the pageant every year.

7. What object does Imogene manage to get from Wanda by blackmailing her?
(a) A charm anklet.
(b) A charm bracelet.
(c) A ring.
(d) A necklace.

8. What is NOT a quality of the Herdman's cat?
(a) It has one short leg.
(b) It it missing one leg.
(c) It has a broken tail.
(d) It has one eye.

9. How many children are in the Herdman family?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

10. Where other people have hydrangeas in their yards, the Herdmans have what?
(a) Venus flytraps.
(b) Thorny roses.
(c) Rattlesnakes.
(d) Poison ivy.

11. The narrator states that on the first Sunday the Herdmans came to Sunday School, they did not sing or say prayers. What activity does she say she knows the Herdmans had done, however?
(a) She knows that they hurt some people.
(b) She knows that they learned something.
(c) She knows that they did not feel sorry.
(d) She knows that they made some money.

12. The narrator describes the Herdman siblings as being all alike in appearance, except for what two elements?
(a) Their sizes and the locations of their bruises.
(b) Their genders and their hair lengths.
(c) Their scowls and their sharp elbows.
(d) Their sizes and their ages.

13. 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?
(a) Spending the summer making up work in summer school.
(b) Spending the summer at horse camp.
(c) Spending the summer working as a lifeguard at the water park.
(d) Spending the summer with his Uncle Frank and going to Disneyland.

14. What task does Mother say she could do "with one hand tied behind" (16) her back?
(a) Run the bake sale.
(b) Coordinate the Christmas pageant.
(c) Take over as the chairman of the Ladies' Aid Bazaar.
(d) Run the pot-luck supper.

15. Who beats up Charlie every day during Charlie's second grade year?
(a) Leroy.
(b) Claude.
(c) Imogene.
(d) Buster.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator is in the same grade as which of the Herdman siblings?

2. What sensory detail does the narrator NOT describe experiencing, pointing to the conclusion that the usual pageant coordinator has been injured?

3. When Imogene tells Albert that she has seen the nurse's note about him, how does she say he will be spending the following summer?

4. What rule is enacted during Show-and-Tell after Claude Herdman's participation?

5. The smallest children in Sunday School class usually sing what song when attending church services?

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