The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Test | Final Test - Medium

Barbara Robinson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 190 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Test | Final Test - Medium

Barbara Robinson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 190 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does Imogene NOT threaten to do to Alice if Alice tries to play the part of Mary?
(a) To put worms in Alice's coat pocket.
(b) To draw pictures all over Alice's homework.
(c) To hit Alice in the head.
(d) To get Alice thrown out of school.

2. Miss Graebner tells Mother that she can now retire because she has heard everything. What has she heard?
(a) Gladys asking to read about the Wise Men.
(b) Ollie asking to read about Bethlehem.
(c) Imogene asking to read about Jesus.
(d) Ralph asking to read about Herod.

3. How does Mother feel about Mrs. Armstrong's announcement that she does not know how the pageant will turn out?
(a) Angry.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Regretful.

4. What object does Ollie have to have surgically removed from his ear?
(a) A sprouted pussy willow.
(b) A kernel of corn.
(c) A kidney bean.
(d) A vitamin pill.

5. When Mrs. McCarthy calls Mother, what does she suggest the Herdmans be allowed to do in lieu of taking roles within the pageant?
(a) Decorating the trees lining the church lot.
(b) Handing out programs.
(c) Directing traffic outside.
(d) Painting the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator finally decide when she is trying to figure out why someone would write down every bad action taken by the Herdman siblings?

2. When the narrator states how she has always felt about Herod, what is something she does NOT say?

3. In the pageant incarnation described at the center of the narrative, who plays the role of Joseph?

4. By the time all of the parts are assigned in the narrative, most of the actors have what last name?

5. What does the narrator mean when she says Mother told her "not to be so fresh" (26)?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Reverend Hopkins redirect his congregation when he notices their treatment of the Herdman siblings?

2. What connections does the author draw between the Herdmans and the Holy Family?

3. What event causes the narrator to consider what the world would be like if Jesus had not lived past infancy?

4. Discuss how Mother's character is depicted as having unending supplies of patience and compassion.

5. Discuss the significance of Mrs. Armstrong's comment to Mother when she says, "And then I always remind them that there are no small parts, only small actors" (25).

6. How is foreshadowing employed within the last two sentences of Chapter Six?

7. How is irony used within the depiction of the cigar-smoking incident in the church restroom?

8. How does the narrator's interaction with the Herdmans change the narrator's perspective of the Christmas story?

9. For what reasons does the pageant not have a real baby to play Jesus?

10. Discuss the author's purpose for including Alice's character within the narrative.

(see the answer keys)

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