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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What had Peggy and Maddie been doing as they walked to school with their arms around one another the morning of the dresses game's invention?
(a) Singing.
(b) Arguing.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Skipping.

3. What is Wanda's last name?
(a) Petronski.
(b) Lazar.
(c) Schaffer.
(d) Juarez.

4. Which student is the one to create the dresses game?
(a) Hope.
(b) Maddie.
(c) Jack.
(d) Peggy.

5. How does Wanda get Peggy's attention before whispering something to her?
(a) She waves her hand in front of Peggy's face.
(b) She tugs on Peggy's sleeve.
(c) She touches Peggy's arm.
(d) She tugs on Peggy's purse.

6. Who is the ringleader of the group that bullies Wanda?
(a) Claire.
(b) Maddie.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Cecile.

7. The narrator states that no one had ever seen Wanda taking what action?
(a) Reading.
(b) Talking.
(c) Smiling.
(d) Laughing.

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

9. Jake had told Wanda that he had to get to school in order to complete what two tasks?
(a) Open the doors and sweep the floors.
(b) Sweep the cafeteria and prepare students' lunches for later in the day.
(c) Open the doors and ring the bell.
(d) Scrub the blackboards and empty the wastepaper baskets.

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

11. With whom does Wanda live in a small frame house not far beyond the home of old man Svenson?
(a) Her brother Jake.
(b) Her father and her mother and her brother Jake.
(c) Her father and her brother Jake.
(d) Her maternal grandparents and her brother Jake.

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

13. What kind of laughter is Peggy said to elicit from the rest of the girls in her group when she plays the hundred dresses game?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Gleeful.
(c) Approving.
(d) Nervous.

14. The girls in the group of bullies are said to take what action in relation to Wanda, besides during their short periods of torment?
(a) They
(b) They treat her politely.
(c) They ignore her.
(d) They forget about her.

15. What quality does Wanda's lone dress always exhibit?
(a) It is torn.
(b) It is wrinkled.
(c) It is dirty.
(d) It is too short.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who sits directly behind Wanda in the classroom?

3. Who helps Mr. Heany with odd jobs before school each day?

4. Peggy and Maddie are said to have been "greeted" (21) in what way as they approached the group of girls on Maple Street?

5. The hundred dresses game had begun on the day when Cecile wore a new article of what type of clothing to school?

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