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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what country had Wanda's family originally hailed?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Poland.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Germany.

2. Who sits directly behind Wanda in the classroom?
(a) Jack.
(b) Bill.
(c) Maddie.
(d) Peggy.

3. Who is said to be "the most popular girl in school" (5)?
(a) Wanda.
(b) Maddie.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Mabel.

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

5. The girls' first emotional response to hearing Wanda's claim quickly turns into what emotion instead?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Suspicion.
(c) Disinterest.
(d) Scorn.

6. When Peggy asks Wanda the questions associated with the dresses game, she does so using what kind of voice?
(a) Mock reverent.
(b) Mock interested.
(c) Mock impressed.
(d) Mock polite.

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

8. Which student does the narrator sarcastically blame for the tardiness of Peggy and Maddie on a particular day?
(a) Jack.
(b) Old man Svenson.
(c) Jake.
(d) Wanda.

9. The hundred dresses game had begun on the day when Cecile wore a new article of what type of clothing to school?
(a) A jacket.
(b) A dress.
(c) Shoes.
(d) A scarf.

10. The structure against which Wanda usually leans as she waits for the bell to ring is covered with what?
(a) Ivy.
(b) Moss.
(c) Snails.
(d) Graffiti.

11. Who is said to have likely procured the cap that Wanda usually wears?
(a) Her late mother.
(b) Her brother Jake.
(c) Her father.
(d) Wanda.

12. What was NOT one of the items of Cecile's clothing admired by the girls surrounding her on the day when the hundred dresses game was invented?
(a) A dress.
(b) A pair of socks.
(c) A cap.
(d) A scarf.

13. What is the name of the classroom teacher featured within the narrative?
(a) Mrs. Mason.
(b) Miss Mason.
(c) Mr. Mason.
(d) Dr. Mason.

14. What color is the faded dress that Wanda wears to school every day?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Pink.

15. Maddie recalls that after the events with Wanda on the "bright blue" (21) day, the weather had changed in what way?
(a) The wind had begun to blow.
(b) The rain had begun to fall.
(c) The weather had changed only slightly.
(d) The weather had not changed, but it had no longer seemed the same.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which student do Peggy and Maddie find missing when they arrive late to class in "The Dresses Game" (8)?

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

3. With what object had Maddie been playing when Wanda came walking along with her brother Jake as the rest of the girls were admiring Cecile's new clothing?

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

5. The children in town are said to take what action whenever they pass by "old man Svenson's yellow house" (8)?

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