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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which classroom is the narrative set?
(a) Room 32.
(b) Room 11.
(c) Room 13.
(d) Room 237.

2. What color "toboggan cap" (23) does Wanda always wear?
(a) Gray.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

3. On what day of the week do Peggy and Maddie notice that Wanda has not been in class for a few days?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Thursday.

4. What was NOT among the comments made by the various girls admiring Cecile's new outfit?
(a) One girl said that she had just gotten a new dress for dancing school.
(b) One girl said that she planned to force her mother to buy her an outfit like Cecile's.
(c) One girl said that her mother had just bought her a dress made of one of the Stuart plaids.
(d) 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.

5. What is the name of the student who is chronically late to class?
(a) Jack.
(b) Nick.
(c) Bill.
(d) Ned.

6. What sound could be heard just after Peggy's announcement of Wanda's comment to the rest of the group?
(a) Silence.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Police sirens.
(d) Groans.

7. During what month had the hundred dresses game been dreamed up by one of Maddie's friends?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) October.
(d) November.

8. What action does Jake take when Wanda tells him that he can go on ahead to school?
(a) He reminds her to straighten her socks.
(b) He tells her to have a good day.
(c) He threatens to tell their father.
(d) He shrugs.

9. What expression was Wanda wearing as she slowly approached the group of girls gathered around Cecile?
(a) A smile.
(b) A fearful expression.
(c) A blank expression.
(d) A frown.

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

11. Next to which character is Maddie standing when Wanda gets the attention of Peggy?
(a) Wanda.
(b) Jake.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Cecile.

12. Who had called the weather "bright blue" (19) on the day of the hundred dresses game's invention?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Cecile.
(c) Maddie.
(d) Wanda.

13. Wanda generally leans against what type of structure as she waits in a sunny spot for the school bell to ring?
(a) A fire hydrant.
(b) A brick wall.
(c) A mailbox.
(d) A slide.

14. What kind of a dancer is Cecile?
(a) Modern.
(b) Ballroom.
(c) Tap.
(d) Ballet.

15. The children in town are said to take what action whenever they pass by "old man Svenson's yellow house" (8)?
(a) They whistle.
(b) They throw rocks.
(c) They hold their breath.
(d) They cross their fingers and toes.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Wanda live in a small frame house not far beyond the home of old man Svenson?

2. The narrator states that no one had ever seen Wanda taking what action?

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

4. What word does Peggy say to Wanda when she wants Wanda to repeat herself?

5. Which character is described as being not quite "as poor as Wanda perhaps" (17)?

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