The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Test | Final Test - Hard

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 - Hard

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 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what historical person does the narrator allude when referring to the ludicrous nature of Mother's declaration about the coming Christmas pageant?

2. What happens while the fire department is inside the church and the evacuated civilians are waiting outside?

3. In what location does Imogene ask the narrator how to check out a book from the library?

4. On what adjective do Mother and Father agree when describing Mary having to give birth to Jesus in a stable?

5. Whose name does Mother NOT call when she is trying to make sure that no one else is interested in playing the role of Mary?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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 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)?

6. What questions are raised in the narrator's mind about the Nativity story as a result of her interactions with the Herdmans?

7. Discuss a moment in the narrative when the narrator thinks that her friend Alice is behaving badly.

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

9. What does the library symbolize?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Determine the author's message regarding the idea that compassion leads to more favorable results than judgment.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author’s use of humor to get across main messages present within The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Be sure to discuss the reasons for your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of Barbara Robinson’s novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and one of the novel's main messages. How does the author make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help the author get across one main message of the novel?

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