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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. In what row of the classroom do Peggy and Maddie sit?
(a) The third.
(b) The last.
(c) The second.
(d) The first.

2. What body of water lies at the end of the street on which the girls had gathered around to admire Cecile's new clothing?
(a) A bay.
(b) A brook.
(c) A reservoir.
(d) A lake.

3. On what day of the week does the narrative begin?
(a) Monday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Friday.

4. What kind of laughter is Peggy said to elicit from the rest of the girls in her group when she plays the hundred dresses game?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Approving.
(c) Gleeful.
(d) Nervous.

5. The sun shining on the body of water at the end of Maple Street had turned the water from blue to what color?
(a) Violet.
(b) Vermilion.
(c) White.
(d) Silver.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What had Peggy and Maddie been doing as they walked to school with their arms around one another the morning of the dresses game's invention?

3. Which character is described as being not quite "as poor as Wanda perhaps" (17)?

4. What color "toboggan cap" (23) does Wanda always wear?

5. With whom had Wanda been walking to school on the day when the hundred dresses game had been invented?

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