Meeting the Herdmans
The Pageant Rehearsals
The Christmas Pageant
Characters
Actors in the play
100
How many Herdman children were there?
Six
100
Why did the Herdmans want to go to the library for the first time?
To look up Herod the King.
100
Why did everyone keep humming "O Little Town of Bethlehem"?
Mary and Joseph didn't come in.
100
Always taking notes on the Herdman's
Who is Alice Wendleken
100

Mary

Who is Imogene?

200
How did the fire start in the toolhouse owned by Fred Shoemaker?
by a chemistry set
200
Why wasn't there a real baby available for the part of baby Jesus?
When all the mothers found out about the Herdmans in the play, they withdrew their babies.
200

What did Imogene do to the baby doll before putting him in the manger?

She burped him

200
She blackmails her classmates and steals money from the collection basket.
Who is Imogene Herdman
200

Joseph

Who is Ralph?

300
At Woodrow Wilson School, the Herdman children were always passed on to the next grade level even when they shouldn't. Why?
Because the teachers knew that another Herdman child was coming up in grade level the next year and didn't want two Herdman's in the same class at once.
300
Why was the fire department called on the night of the dress rehearsal?
Because Imogene was smoking cigars in the ladies' bathroom.
300
What did the Wise Men bring for a gift to baby Jesus? Where did they get it?
A ham. From the Herdmans food-basket from the church charitable works committee
300

Famous for willows in his ear.

Who is Ollie Herdman.

300

Angel

Who is Gladys?

400
Show-and-Tell turned into a disaster when Claude Herdman brought in what as his show-and-tell item?
Their pet cat, with its one short leg, broken tail, and one missing eye.
400
At the first rehearsal for the pageant, what did the Herdmans hear for the first time?
The Christmas Story
400
Gladys was the only one in the pageant who had anything thing to say. What was her line?
Unto you a child is born.
400
A very bossy lady who broke her leg.
Who is Mrs. Armstrong
400

3 Wise men

Leroy, Claude, Ollie

500
Name all the Herdman children.
Ralph , Imogene, Leroy, Claude, Ollie, and Gladys.
500
How many times did the group get through the whole dress rehearsal?
Zero
500
What did Imogene ask for after the pageant?
A set of Bible-story pictures
500
Director of the play

Who is Mother

500

Jesus

Baby doll