The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: Test A

Directions: Read each question carefully. Circle the letter of the choice that best answers each question.

1. Who wrote this book?
   1. Judy Blume
   2. Judith Viorst
   3. Barbara Robinson

2. How many Herdman kids were there?
   1. six
   2. five
   3. four

3. What was Imogene Herdman really good at?
   1. doing her lessons
   2. finding out secrets
   3. softball

4. The angel choir looked good, but they couldn't _____.
   1. get along
   2. act
   3. sing

5. Why did the Herdmans start coming to Sunday school in the first place?
   1. They were bored at home.
   2. They needed to supplement their allowance by stealing from the collection plate.
   3. They thought there was free cake, candy, and popcorn balls.

6. While in her hospital bed, Mrs. Armstrong told a group of ladies _____.
   1. the Herdmans wouldn't be in the pageant if she'd still been in charge
   2. the Herdmans should be run out of town
   3. nobody else had the ability to run the pageant

7. Why did the Herdmans want to go to the library for the first time?
   1. to trash it
   2. to look up Herod the king
   3. to drive the librarian nuts

8. For the pageant, Imogene offered to steal _____.
   1. a baby to be Jesus
   2. costumes for the angel choir
   3. candy to give to all the kids

9. Why did the whole congregation show up for the pageant this year?
   1. The Rev. Hopkins threatened to resign if they didn't.
   2. They wanted to see what the Herdmans would do.
   3. Mrs. Armstrong told them to stay home.

10. How did Imogene get a black eye?
    1. Alice finally got up the nerve to hit her.
    2. Mrs. Armstrong hit her with her crutch.
    3. She walked into the corner of the choir-robe cabinet.

Excerpted from Sue Jones Erlenbusch's Favorite Books Activities Kits.

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