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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What element does the narrator name as keeping people from getting into the library basement undetected?
2. Whom does the narrator name as the character who always plays the role of Mary?
3. For how many years has Miss Graebner been a librarian?
4. When Father asks his family what had "finally happened to Herod" (50), what do they decide is the answer?
5. How does Imogene feel about Mother's announcement that the pageant will use a doll for the role of Jesus?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways does Mother display the qualities of fortitude and perseverance?
2. What does the library symbolize?
3. How is irony used within the depiction of the cigar-smoking incident in the church restroom?
4. Discuss how the theme of appearance versus reality appears in Chapter Five.
5. What does the narrator understand about the Herdman siblings that Alice does not?
6. In what ways does the author depict Father as a funny man?
7. What message is being sent about arrogance within Mother's exclamation when she shouts, "That woman! She must be surprised that the sun is still coming up every morning without her to supervise the sunrise" (45)?
8. How is foreshadowing employed within the last two sentences of Chapter Six?
9. For what reasons does the pageant not have a real baby to play Jesus?
10. 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).
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze Barbara Robinson’s novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever from an Existential perspective. What elements of life does it suggest holds the most meaning and why?
Essay Topic 2
What is the author's message regarding poverty in Barbara Robinson’s novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and what themes or symbols does the author employ in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the author's choice to tell the story of Barbara Robinson’s novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever using the first person point-of-view. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are the author's intended and invoked effects on the reader?
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