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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what type of seat does old man Svenson "customarily" (51) sit on his porch during each day?
(a) A chair.
(b) A stool.
(c) A bench
(d) A crate.

2. What adjective is used to describe old man Svenson's house?
(a) Dilapidated.
(b) Tiny.
(c) Rickety.
(d) Sprawling.

3. On what type of material had Wanda sketched designs for her 100 entries into the drawing contest?
(a) Cardboard.
(b) Newsprint.
(c) Wrapping paper.
(d) Tissue paper.

4. Just before Maddie destroys the note she is writing to Peggy, Maddie thinks about the possibility that which character may point out the second-hand nature of Maddie's dress?
(a) Cecile.
(b) Wanda.
(c) Miss Mason.
(d) Peggy.

5. In what way is Maddie's hair described in the chapter entitled "The Contest"?
(a) Short and dark brown.
(b) Long and blond.
(c) Short and auburn.
(d) Short and blond.

6. What color is used to describe the appearance of the bay on the girls' walk home from Boggins Heights?
(a) Gray.
(b) White.
(c) Turquoise.
(d) Blue.

7. Some people in town claim that old man Svenson had once killed a man with what weapon?
(a) A vial of poison.
(b) A sword.
(c) A knife.
(d) A gun.

8. Which character mispronounces Wanda's last name in the chapter entitled "Up on Boggins Heights"?
(a) Maddie.
(b) Miss Mason.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Old man Svenson.

9. What action do Peggy and Maddie take just after their encounter with old man Svenson?
(a) They call Peggy's mother.
(b) They run down the hill.
(c) They pet old man Svenson's cat.
(d) They laugh.

10. The dress Maddie wears on the day depicted in "The Contest" had previously belonged to which character?
(a) Miss Mason.
(b) Peggy.
(c) Cecile.
(d) Wanda.

11. What is the name of the hill down which Maddie and Peggy like to slide?
(a) Hops Hill.
(b) Nob Hill.
(c) Barley Hill.
(d) Plank Hill.

12. The contest at the center of the narrative is said to be "a drawing and" what "contest" (38)?
(a) Color.
(b) Shading.
(c) Writing.
(d) Portrait.

13. What color is the Petronskis' former home on Boggins Heights?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Gray.

14. Which members of the class in Room 13 are tasked with submitting designs for dresses?
(a) The boys.
(b) The girls.
(c) Students with last names beginning with letters A through L.
(d) Students with last names beginning with letters M through Z.

15. Peggy consoles herself with the thought that she had never used what term to refer to Wanda?
(a) Foreigner.
(b) Alien.
(c) Ruskie.
(d) Skinny.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much text must each child read aloud to the class when the time has come to do so?

2. What object does Peggy immediately notice when she steps into the Petronskis' former home?

3. To whom does Peggy give the credit for Wanda's triumph in the drawing contest?

4. Maddie and Peggy hope to reach what location by dark on their way to Boggins Heights?

5. What shape is the room into which Peggy and Maddie step when they briefly enter the Petronskis' home?

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