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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Letter to Room 13".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What items in Wanda's former yard are described as looking like "thin wet kittens" (51)?
(a) Croquet wickets.
(b) Fence posts.
(c) Palm fronds.
(d) Wisps of grass.

2. On the first page of the chapter entitled "The Letter to Room 13," what two items does Maddie recall the other girls making fun of behind Wanda's back?
(a) Her glasses and her coat.
(b) Her dress and her shoes.
(c) Her hat and her scarf.
(d) Her hat and her dress.

3. What is the weather like on the day when the winners of the drawing contest are announced?
(a) It is drizzling.
(b) It is windy.
(c) It is foggy.
(d) It is sunny.

4. What name is NOT mentioned among those that are both normal and "easy to say" (9)?
(a) Smith.
(b) Bounce.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Allen.

5. Maddie and Peggy write "lots of X's" (64) at the bottom of the letter to represent what named element?
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Love.
(d) Empathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is used to describe the appearance of the bay on the girls' walk home from Boggins Heights?

2. When Maddie cannot sleep on the night just after her visit to the Petronskis' former home, what action does she take?

3. On the day of the contest's end, "the monitor from the principal's office" (45) brings a letter addressed to Miss Mason from which character?

4. Which character's mother is hemming her daughter's dress in the illustration at the beginning of "The Contest"?

5. What is the name of the classroom teacher featured within the narrative?

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