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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "A Bright Blue Day".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Peggy and Maddie are said to have been "greeted" (21) in what way as they approached the group of girls on Maple Street?
(a) Reluctantly.
(b) Warmly.
(c) Dismissively.
(d) Pithily.

2. What is NOT a quality shared by the students, other than Wanda, who sit in her section of the classroom?
(a) They have muddy shoes.
(b) They are poor.
(c) They are boys.
(d) They are loud.

3. What was NOT among the comments made by the various girls admiring Cecile's new outfit?
(a) One girl said that she planned to force her mother to buy her an outfit like Cecile's.
(b) One girl said that her father had just been laid off, so she had not been able to buy a new dress for the school year.
(c) One girl said that her mother had just bought her a dress made of one of the Stuart plaids.
(d) One girl said that she had just gotten a new dress for dancing school.

4. What is the name of the classroom teacher featured within the narrative?
(a) Dr. Mason.
(b) Mrs. Mason.
(c) Miss Mason.
(d) Mr. Mason.

5. 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 not changed, but it had no longer seemed the same.
(b) The weather had changed only slightly.
(c) The rain had begun to fall.
(d) The wind had begun to blow.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that no one had ever seen Wanda taking what action?

2. During what month had the hundred dresses game been dreamed up by one of Maddie's friends?

3. On what day of the week does the narrative begin?

4. Initially, what fear inspires Maddie to become apprehensive about the dresses game?

5. What is the only object Maddie can see when she looks toward a particular area of the room?

(see the answer key)

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