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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. Which character mispronounces Wanda's last name in the chapter entitled "Up on Boggins Heights"?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Old man Svenson.
(c) Miss Mason.
(d) Maddie.

2. To whom does Peggy give the credit for Wanda's triumph in the drawing contest?
(a) To herself.
(b) To Maddie.
(c) To Miss Mason.
(d) To Wanda.

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

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

5. What verb does the letter writer in "The Hundred Dresses" chapter use to describe the racial slurs that have been used against the family during their time in town?
(a) Think.
(b) Holler.
(c) Whisper.
(d) Yell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had called the weather "bright blue" (19) on the day of the hundred dresses game's invention?

2. The other children make fun of Wanda for which quality of her forehead?

3. Which character begins to be bothered by the dresses game?

4. What items in Wanda's former yard are described as looking like "thin wet kittens" (51)?

5. From what material was the "curbstone" (21) Maddie sat upon made?

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