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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. Whom does the narrator name as the character who always plays the role of Mary?
2. How much had the character who always played Joseph unsuccessfully offered another character to play the role of Joseph instead?
3. Why do all of the shepherds get nervous when Mother mentions the Angel of the Lord?
4. 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?
5. On what day of the week does Mother say the pageant rehearsals will be?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator's interaction with the Herdmans change the narrator's perspective of the Christmas story?
2. Discuss the significance of Mother's comment when she states to Father, "No, their chief instinct was to get Mary and the baby out of the barn. But even so, it was Herod they wanted to do away with, and Mary or Joseph. They picked out the right villain -- that must mean something" (50).
3. What kinds of transgressions do the Herdman siblings commit throughout the course of the pageant rehearsal period and how does the narrator know about these actions?
4. How is irony used within the depiction of the cigar-smoking incident in the church restroom?
5. For what purpose does the author include an allusion to General Custer in the last section of Chapter Six?
6. What connections does the author draw between the Herdmans and the Holy Family?
7. Discuss how the theme of appearance versus reality appears in Chapter Five.
8. How does the narrator portray her friend Alice's personification of Mrs. Armstrong's saying, "There are no parts, only small actors" (21)?
9. Discuss the author's purpose for including Alice's character within the narrative.
10. How is foreshadowing employed within the last two sentences of Chapter Six?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the theme of forgiveness function within the novel and what is the author's message regarding this theme?
Essay Topic 2
How might Barbara Robinson’s novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever be classified as a coming-of-age story?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how and why Barbara Robinson instills humanist messages within the narrative of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
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