The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Ch. 5

Imogene went to the library to _________.

• learn more about Herod 
• learn new curse words 
• look at dirty books in the basement
• see pictures of Mary and baby Jesus

How did Ralph say Herod died?

• fell off a horse 
• flu
• of old age 
• the wise men 

On page 69 the narrator said "it didn't seem natural for the Herdmans to be on the right side of things." What does that mean?

• They sat on the right side of the church.
• They chose the right side of good and evil.
• They only wrote with their right hands.
• They drove on the right side of the road.

Alice began ________ during the rehearsals.

• Writing things down the Herdmans did 
• Memorizing all the other lines 
• Pinching Imogene 
• Crying every time to be Mary 

How did Imogene act out Mary?

• Sweet and kind 
• Sort of Quiet 
• Holy and angelic 
• Loud and Bossy 

The Herdmans wondered _____________.

• If Alice had ever heard the Christmas story before.
• If they could be in the Christmas pageant every year.
• If the wise men told King Herod where baby Jesus was.
• If they were getting cake after the pageant.

Mrs. Perkins wouldn't do what? (Hint: page 78)

• Let the Herdmans see her baby.
• Make costumes for the pageant 
• Allow her daughter to sing in the angel choir.
• Make cookies after the pageant.

On page 77, the narrator says that Imogene said something with a fire in her eye. What does that phrase mean?

• Her eyes were burning.
• She lit the church on fire.
• Her face was glowing.
• She was angry.

Why do you INFER that all of the mothers no longer wanted their babies in the Christmas  pageant?

• The Herdmans were sick and they worried their babies would catch it.
• The Herdmans were known for being bad and they didn't want them holding their babies.
• The Herdmans would light them on fire.
• The Herdmans didn't know how to hold a baby.

What happened first in chapter 5?

• The Herdmans went to the library to learn about Herod and Jesus.
• Mother and Father discussed the Herdmans' attitude toward the pagent and Herod.
• Alice wrote down awful things about the Herdmans.
• Mother decided the role of baby Jesus.