Characters
Vocabulary
Minor Details
Vocabulary Flip
Who Said It
100

stole the chemistry set from the store

Leroy

100

a a state or federal prison for serious offenders

penitentiary 

100

What was the name of the chemistry set?

"Young Einstein"

100

contagious

capable of spreading disease

100

My God

Imogene Herdman

200

forced to play Joseph every year in the pageant

Elmer Hopkins

200

an attitude based mainly on emotion rather than reason

sentiment

200

Where was Imogene going to find a baby?

Outside of the supermarket

200

clonked

hit hard , beat, thumped

200

I'd better tell my mother

Alice

300

was told he was too fat to be on the swing

Albert Pelfrey

300

treating something holy or important with the proper respect

sacrilegious

300
the only thing children learn about Christmas in public school
how to make aluminum ornaments
300

truant

to be regularly absent from school without permission

300

Pregnant

Ralph Herdman

400

this pet had only one eye

the Herdman's cat

400

a fact or event that makes a situation the way it is

circmustances

400

father suggested they watch this instead of putting on the pageant

Fred Stamper's home videos of Yellowstone National Park

400

instincts

how you naturally behave without thinking about it

400

It cost $6.95

Wanda Pierce

500
the narrator's brother

Charlie

500

long bench-like seats in a church

pews

500

this person passed out after trying to whistle "What Child is This?"

Alberta Bottles

500

vengeance

action against someone to punish them for having hurt you

500

Chocolate cake, and candy bars, and cookies, and Kool-Aid

Charlie