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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Everyone not given a major part in the Christmas pageant takes on what role?
(a) The innkeepers.
(b) The tourists.
(c) The worshippers.
(d) The angel choir.
2. The narrator is in the same grade as which of the Herdman siblings?
(a) Gladys.
(b) Ollie.
(c) Claude.
(d) Imogene.
3. How often are the children required to visit the health room to get weighed and measured?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once a year.
(c) Once a season.
(d) Twice a year.
4. What is NOT listed among the activities performed by the Sunday School children when they attend church services?
(a) Acting out a parable.
(b) Singing a song.
(c) Reciting Bible verses.
(d) Reading the Gospel aloud.
5. The narrator describes the former pageant coordinator as doing everything at church except what activity?
(a) Preaching.
(b) Genuflecting.
(c) Giving communion.
(d) Reading palms.
Short Answer Questions
1. When the school nurse asks Imogene whether Ollie is in bed, Imogene replies that Ollie is where?
2. At what time of year is the usual pageant coordinator injured, leading to Mother's assumption of the role instead?
3. What is the single thing Mother names as the only worry someone has when planning the task she says she could complete one-handed?
4. What kind of building is the only one the Herdmans had managed to burn all the way to the ground?
5. The Herdman family lives at the bottom of what type of topographical element?
Short Essay Questions
1. What simile does the narrator use to describe the way in which the Herdman children move through Woodrow Wilson School?
2. For what purpose does the author use the allusion to "a day of rest" (21) in Chapter Two?
3. How does the author go about portraying the Herdmans as unteachable?
4. For what reason does Father tell Mother he does not want to attend this year's Christmas pageant?
5. What level of involvement had Mother expected to have in the pageant prior to taking over as coordinator?
6. In what ways does the author employ hyperbole within Chapter One?
7. What does Father say about the burning down of Fred Schneider's toolhouse?
8. Describe several aspects of the Christmas pageant, as it had been presented every year before the events described in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
9. What is the one virtue displayed by the Herdman children within the burned toolhouse incident?
10. What is the symbolism of the Beware of Cat sign in the Herdmans' front yard?
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