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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) Warmly.
(b) Reluctantly.
(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 are loud.
(b) They are poor.
(c) They have muddy shoes.
(d) They are boys.

3. At what point in the day does the ringleader of the group of bullies generally accost Wanda?
(a) Late in the evening.
(b) On the way home from school.
(c) At dawn.
(d) On the way to school.

4. With what emotion do the other girls view Wanda's claim at first?
(a) Glee.
(b) Scorn.
(c) Incredulity.
(d) Excitement.

5. 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 she had just gotten a new dress for dancing school.
(d) One girl said that her mother had just bought her a dress made of one of the Stuart plaids.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jake had told Wanda that he had to get to school in order to complete what two tasks?

2. What sound could be heard just after Peggy's announcement of Wanda's comment to the rest of the group?

3. Which student do Peggy and Maddie find missing when they arrive late to class in "The Dresses Game" (8)?

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

5. What name is NOT mentioned among those that are both normal and "easy to say" (9)?

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