The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: Test B

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

1. How did the Herdmans set fire to Fred Shoemaker's toolhouse?
   1. They were playing with matches.
   2. They were making fire bombs.
   3. They were playing with a chemistry set.

2. What did Claude Herdman bring to first grade for Show-and-Tell?
   1. their one-eyed cat
   2. Leroy Herdman's chemistry set
   3. the fire chief's hat and boots

3. Mrs. Armstrong was the head of anything she belonged to because she ____.
   1. was so good at getting contributions
   2. was so good at giving orders
   3. was so good at organizing things

4. Why wasn't Alberta Bottles asked to whistle "What Child Is This?" for this year's pageant?
   1. Last year, she fainted in the middle of the third verse.
   2. Last year, she threw up in the manger.
   3. Last year, she spit on the minister's son, who was playing Joseph.

5. Who always got to be Mary in the pageant?
   1. Lucille Golden
   2. Wanda Pierce
   3. Alice Wendleken

6. What did Gladys and Ollie do while Imogene was snitching money from the collection plate?
   1. stood guard
   2. acted as look outs
   3. drew mustaches on the disciples in the Illustrated Bible

7. The librarian said she'd heard everything there was to hear when
   1. Imogene asked for a library card
   2. Imogene asked about Jesus
   3. Imogene asked where the poetry books were kept

8. On the night of the dress rehearsal,
   1. the ladies let the applesauce cake bum up
   2. someone called the fire department because of smoke in the ladies' room
   3. both of the above

9. What did the Herdman Wise Men bring Jesus?
   1. bath salts and baby oil
   2. ham
   3. gold, frankincense, and myrrh

10. What did the Herdmans ask for after the pageant?
    1. ham, candy, and small testaments
    2. a pointsetta plant
    3. a set of Bible-story pictures

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