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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. What emotion does Maddie feel when the school gong rings its first warning bell?
(a) Grief.
(b) Terror.
(c) Relief.
(d) Elation.

2. 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 rain had begun to fall.
(c) The weather had changed only slightly.
(d) The wind had begun to blow.

3. What word is used to describe the length of time it takes Wanda to read a certain amount of text during oral reading?
(a) Molasses.
(b) Forever.
(c) Endless.
(d) Lightning.

4. Which members of the class in Room 13 are tasked with submitting designs for motorboats?
(a) Students with last names beginning with letters M through Z.
(b) The boys.
(c) The girls.
(d) Students with last names beginning with letters A through L.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who first notices that one drawing of a blue dress has details that correspond to Wanda's prior explanations to the other girls in the class?

2. The writer of the letter to Miss Mason that arrives on the day of the contest states that there will be "plenty of" (45) what in the family's next community?

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

4. Which student is the one to create the dresses game?

5. The contest at the center of the narrative is said to be "a drawing and" what "contest" (38)?

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