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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Contest" and "The Hundred Dresses".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way is Maddie's hair described in the chapter entitled "The Contest"?
(a) Short and auburn.
(b) Short and dark brown.
(c) Short and blond.
(d) Long and blond.

2. What is Wanda's last name?
(a) Petronski.
(b) Juarez.
(c) Schaffer.
(d) Lazar.

3. What action does Jake take when Wanda tells him that he can go on ahead to school?
(a) He shrugs.
(b) He threatens to tell their father.
(c) He tells her to have a good day.
(d) He reminds her to straighten her socks.

4. Maddie recalls that after the events with Wanda on the "bright blue" (21) day, the weather had changed in what way?
(a) The weather had changed only slightly.
(b) The weather had not changed, but it had no longer seemed the same.
(c) The wind had begun to blow.
(d) The rain had begun to fall.

5. Which character is described as being not quite "as poor as Wanda perhaps" (17)?
(a) Maddie.
(b) Jack.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Peggy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much text must each child read aloud to the class when the time has come to do so?

2. Who is Mr. Heany?

3. Who is the ringleader of the group that bullies Wanda?

4. What method does Maddie use to destroy the note she had been writing to Peggy?

5. The children in town are said to take what action whenever they pass by "old man Svenson's yellow house" (8)?

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