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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that Elmer, the minister's son, has always traditionally taken what role within the pageant?

2. How far away from the narrator's home does the usual pageant coordinator live?

3. The Herdman family lives over what type of structure?

4. What task does Mother say she could do "with one hand tied behind" (16) her back?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason do the Herdman siblings believe they have found evidence proving Charlie's promises of food at church to be valid?

2. Describe one particular instance of the author's use of humor and examine its effect on the reader.

3. For what purpose does the author go out of her way to portray the Herdman children as unteachable?

4. What is the narrator's evidence for her claim that the "Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the the history of the world" (1)?

5. What level of involvement had Mother expected to have in the pageant prior to taking over as coordinator?

6. Describe several aspects of the Christmas pageant, as it had been presented every year before the events described in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.

7. Discuss the author's use of vivid imagery within the scene of the Herdmans' first time at Sunday school.

8. What do poison ivy and rocks symbolize within the narrative?

9. The narrator begins the narrative of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by describing what event?

10. How does the author employ foreshadowing at the end of Chapter Two?

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