The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Chapters 3 & 4

“There are no small parts, only small actors.” What does this saying mean?

• Mother is searching for younger children to play the parts in the drama.

• Smaller actors are more talented than larger actors.

• Every person in the pageant is important.

• There are not enough actors.

Why did father ring his own doorbell?

• to test it because it was broken

• to wake up Charlie who was sleeping

• to let his wife know he was home

• to help get his wife off the phone

How did mother choose the roles?

• There was a special night set aside for students to try out.

• She asked the group of children for volunteers.

• There was a form to fill out for each role.

• She asked the parents of the actors to vote for the parts.

How did the Herdmans get all of the major roles?

• They tried out for the roles and did very well.

• They stole all of the costumes.

• They threatened the other children.

• They appealed to the parents of the other actors.

Alice’s mother told the Ladies’ Aid that it was sacrilegious to let Imogene Herdman play Mary. What does “sacrilegious” mean?

• disrespectful

• unfair

• nesessary

• expected

Why did mother get so angry that she “couldn’t see straight”?

• Alice told her she was a “bad director”.

• Mrs. Armstrong said if she was running the play, the Herdmans would not be in it.

• Mrs. Armstrong told her that she is going to replace her with a “better director”.

• Father told her to quit the play.

What made the community stop complaining about the play?

• The Herdmans threatened to beat them up if they kept complaining.

• The Herdmans threatened to burn down their houses if they kept complaining.

• The Ladies Aid sent out a letter warning people to act more “Christian”.

• The Reverend said that we are all God’s children, even the Herdmans.

The Herdmans ran down the street, jumped over the fence, and landed in the garden. Name the verbs in this sentence.

• ran down, jumped over

• ran, jumped, landed

• street, jumped, garden

• the street, the garden

What rule was mother going to follow about the Herdmans?

• She wasn’t going to put up with any nonsense.

• She would threaten to tell their mother if they were bad.

• She would ignore everything except blood.

• She was going to let them do whatever they want.

What surprised the narrator about Imogene?

• She quit school.

• She asked the narrator to come over for dinner.

• She threatened to quit the play.

• She was very interested in the Christmas story.