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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What method does Imogene tell Mother she can use to get a real baby to play Jesus?
(a) She can put an ad in the newspaper.
(b) She can borrow her neighbor's baby.
(c) She can ask her mother to have another baby.
(d) She can kidnap a baby.
2. On what adjective do Mother and Father agree when describing Mary having to give birth to Jesus in a stable?
(a) Humble.
(b) Sad.
(c) Awe-inspiring.
(d) Disgraceful.
3. What happens to rob the pageant of its real infant playing the role of Jesus?
(a) The baby gets the mumps.
(b) The baby gets chicken pox.
(c) The baby is adopted by a family.
(d) The baby is needed for another nativity pageant that night.
4. What is NOT an element mentioned by the narrator as a quality the pageant Mary had always displayed?
(a) Ever-smiling.
(b) Otherworldly.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Dreamy.
5. What does the narrator say about the number of people in town attending the pageant in question?
(a) Everyone attends.
(b) Most of the town attends.
(c) A bunch of people attend.
(d) Half the town attends.
6. What does Mrs. Armstrong mean by the saying she always tells the pageant participants?
(a) She means that the short children need to be up front so everyone can see them.
(b) She means that thinking of what may go wrong in the pageant will help prevent disaster.
(c) She means that every role is important, no matter how small.
(d) She means that learning lines is the first step to a good performance.
7. The pageant's dress rehearsal takes place the night before what other event?
(a) The pot-luck dinner.
(b) The opening night of the pageant.
(c) The rummage sale.
(d) The bake sale.
8. What does the narrator say about the prediction that no would come to see the pageant?
(a) She says the person had been right.
(b) She says the person had been partially correct.
(c) She says that the person could not possibly believe their own luck.
(d) She says the person had been wrong.
9. 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 surprised at how well-spoken Mother is.
(c) She thinks Mrs. Armstrong would be angry about how much Mother is leaving out.
(d) She thinks Mrs. Armstrong would be jealous of Mother's success.
10. When Father asks his family what had "finally happened to Herod" (50), what do they decide is the answer?
(a) Herod had been deposed and beheaded.
(b) They do not know.
(c) Herod had died of pneumonia.
(d) Herod had lived a long and happy life.
11. Mrs. Wendleken uses what adjective to describe Mother's decision to allow a Herdman to play the role of Mary?
(a) Sacrilegious.
(b) Immoral.
(c) Heretical.
(d) Insane.
12. To what historical person does the narrator allude when referring to the ludicrous nature of Mother's declaration about the coming Christmas pageant?
(a) Jacques Cousteau.
(b) Amelia Earhart.
(c) Sitting Bull.
(d) General Custer.
13. With what role assignment does Mrs. Armstrong say she always begins the pageant preparations?
(a) Joseph.
(b) The Angel of the Lord.
(c) Mary.
(d) The shepherds.
14. The narrator proclaims that it does not seem right for Father to be on the same side as whom?
(a) Reverend Hopkins.
(b) The Herdmans.
(c) Mrs. Wendleken.
(d) Mother.
15. Which character voices the concern that no one may come to see the pageant?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Father.
(c) Reverend Hopkins.
(d) Charlie.
Short Answer Questions
1. Mrs. Armstrong tells Mother that she always reminds the pageant participants of what saying?
2. Who does NOT volunteer to be a Wise Man in the pageant in the year described by the narrator?
3. What statement does Mother make that causes the narrator to describe her words as "the biggest" of "all the lies she'd told so far" (68)?
4. When Mother hears the doorbell during her conversation with Mrs. Armstrong, who is at the door?
5. Why do all of the shepherds get nervous when Mother mentions the Angel of the Lord?
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