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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Peggy immediately notice when she steps into the Petronskis' former home?
(a) The closet.
(b) The chandelier.
(c) The chill in the air.
(d) The teapot.

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

3. What class occurs during the first period of the day, just after the contest winners have been announced?
(a) Geography.
(b) Arithmetic.
(c) Study hall.
(d) Biology.

4. Both Wanda's former house and her one blue dress are described as "shabby but" (51) what?
(a) Well-loved.
(b) Homey.
(c) Clean.
(d) Chic.

5. What is NOT one of the three things Maddie would like to tell Wanda on behalf of herself and Peggy if there is still time to do so?
(a) They think she is smart.
(b) They are sorry for their cruelty.
(c) Her 100 dresses are beautiful.
(d) She won the drawing contest.

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

7. Everything about old man Svenson is said to be some shade of what color?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Orange.
(c) Red.
(d) Gray.

8. What is NOT an action old man Svenson takes after he responds to the girls' question?
(a) He mutters to himself.
(b) He walks up the hill.
(c) He scratches his head.
(d) He shouts that the girls should never return.

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

10. Which character is the first to suggest taking a trip to Wanda's old house on Boggins Heights?
(a) Maddie.
(b) Peggy.
(c) Cecile.
(d) Miss Mason.

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

12. Wanda's father's name is at one point revealed to be what?
(a) Jan.
(b) Filip.
(c) Antoni.
(d) Jakub.

13. On what kind of assignment is Maddie working at the start of the chapter entitled "The Contest"?
(a) Earth science.
(b) Arithmetic.
(c) Geography.
(d) French.

14. Miss Mason tells the class that while Wanda had drawn 100 dresses for the contest, most girls had submitted how many drawings?
(a) 5 or 6.
(b) 1 or 2.
(c) 0 or 1.
(d) 9 or 10.

15. Maddie's visions of defending Wanda are said to be ineffective for what reason?
(a) They provide an unlimited number of opportunities for failure.
(b) They are emotionally unsatisfying.
(c) They provide limited consolation.
(d) They never end well.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is Maddie's hair described in the chapter entitled "The Contest"?

2. The narrator states at the end of the chapter entitled "The Contest" that "by the time" what kind of lesson begins, Maddie has "forgotten all about" (38) Wanda?

3. What word is used to describe the length of time it takes Wanda to read a certain amount of text during oral reading?

4. What items in Wanda's former yard are described as looking like "thin wet kittens" (51)?

5. The contest at the center of the narrative is said to be "a drawing and" what "contest" (38)?

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