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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what row of the classroom do Peggy and Maddie sit?
(a) The last.
(b) The second.
(c) The third.
(d) The first.

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

3. What color had Cecile's new items of clothing been on the day when the hundred dresses game began?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

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

5. 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 hold their breath.
(c) They throw rocks.
(d) They cross their fingers and toes.

6. Which character is described as being not quite "as poor as Wanda perhaps" (17)?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Jack.
(c) Mabel.
(d) Maddie.

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

8. The girls who wait for Wanda on Oliver Street and elsewhere engage in what kind of activity once Wanda appears?
(a) They hit her.
(b) They turn their backs on her.
(c) They bully her.
(d) They pretend to like her.

9. How often does the ringleader of the bullies look for and torment Wanda once the hundred dresses game begins?
(a) Twice a week.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Every day.
(d) Once a month.

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

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

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

13. The other children make fun of Wanda for which quality of her forehead?
(a) It is pale.
(b) It is narrow.
(c) It is wide.
(d) It is shiny.

14. What emotion does Maddie feel when the school gong rings its first warning bell?
(a) Relief.
(b) Terror.
(c) Grief.
(d) Elation.

15. 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) Approving.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Reluctant.
(d) Gleeful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With whom does old man Svenson live?

3. On what day of the week does the narrative begin?

4. Who claims that Wanda has 100 dresses hanging in her closet at home?

5. What body of water lies at the end of the street on which the girls had gathered around to admire Cecile's new clothing?

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