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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What verb does the letter writer in "The Hundred Dresses" chapter use to describe the racial slurs that have been used against the family during their time in town?
(a) Yell.
(b) Think.
(c) Whisper.
(d) Holler.

2. What kind of berries do Maddie and her hiking partner reportedly like to gather?
(a) Bayberries.
(b) Raspberries.
(c) Blackberries.
(d) Strawberries.

3. For what reason do Peggy and Maddie abandon their idea of knocking on old man Svenson's door?
(a) They are afraid of his barking dog.
(b) They cannot summon the courage.
(c) They find out that he is not at home.
(d) They discover that they are late for dinner.

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

5. What word is used to describe the length of time it takes Wanda to read a certain amount of text during oral reading?
(a) Molasses.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Endless.
(d) Forever.

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

7. 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?
(a) Geography.
(b) Arithmetic.
(c) History.
(d) Science.

8. What does Maddie ultimately decide about Peggy's statement regarding who deserves the credit for Wanda's win?
(a) She sees some merit in it.
(b) She decides that they can never know for sure.
(c) She rejects it as untrue.
(d) She accepts it as true.

9. On the day of the contest's end, "the monitor from the principal's office" (45) brings a letter addressed to Miss Mason from which character?
(a) Wanda's mother.
(b) Jake.
(c) Wanda.
(d) Wanda's father.

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

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

12. What shape is the room into which Peggy and Maddie step when they briefly enter the Petronskis' home?
(a) Round.
(b) Oblong.
(c) Square.
(d) Octagonal.

13. Maddie worries that guilt about her own role in Wanda's torment will keep her from enjoying future hikes with which character?
(a) Miss Mason.
(b) Cecile.
(c) Jack.
(d) Peggy.

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

15. By what name does Maddie often call her best friend Peggy?
(a) Maggie.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Peg.
(d) Marge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is expected by other members of the class to earn a medal in the drawing contest for Room 13?

2. During what month do the events of "Up on Boggins Heights" take place?

3. Both Wanda's former house and her one blue dress are described as "shabby but" (51) what?

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?

5. In what vice does old man Svenson indulge, according to the narrator?

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