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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Up on Boggins Heights".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Both Wanda's former house and her one blue dress are described as "shabby but" (51) what?
(a) Chic.
(b) Clean.
(c) Homey.
(d) Well-loved.

2. By what name does Maddie often call her best friend Peggy?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Peg.
(d) Marge.

3. What class occurs during the first period of the day, just after the contest winners have been announced?
(a) Study hall.
(b) Biology.
(c) Geography.
(d) Arithmetic.

4. 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) Pithily.
(c) Warmly.
(d) Dismissively.

5. In what vice does old man Svenson indulge, according to the narrator?
(a) He drinks alcohol.
(b) He chews tobacco.
(c) He dates several different women.
(d) He gambles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Just before Maddie destroys the note she is writing to Peggy, Maddie thinks about the possibility that which character may point out the second-hand nature of Maddie's dress?

2. From what kind of material is Wanda's one blue dress crafted?

3. Some people in town claim that old man Svenson had once killed a man with what weapon?

4. Maddie recalls that after the events with Wanda on the "bright blue" (21) day, the weather had changed in what way?

5. 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?

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