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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. On the day of the contest, Maddie and Peggy decide not to wait for Wanda on which street?
(a) Elm.
(b) Cape.
(c) Chestnut.
(d) Oliver.

5. What promise does Maddie make to herself at the end of the chapter entitled "Up On Boggins Heights"?
(a) She promises to speak up when she encounters injustice.
(b) She promises to befriend old man Svenson.
(c) She promises to break off her friendship with Peggy.
(d) She promises to find Wanda.

6. What items in Wanda's former yard are described as looking like "thin wet kittens" (51)?
(a) Wisps of grass.
(b) Fence posts.
(c) Croquet wickets.
(d) Palm fronds.

7. 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) Forever.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Endless.

8. 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) Science.
(b) History.
(c) Arithmetic.
(d) Geography.

9. 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) Think.
(b) Holler.
(c) Whisper.
(d) Yell.

10. 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) Wanda.
(c) Jake.
(d) Wanda's father.

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

12. What method does Maddie use to destroy the note she had been writing to Peggy?
(a) She tears it to pieces.
(b) She cuts it up with scissors.
(c) She burns it.
(d) She throws it in the bay.

13. Maddie thinks to herself that which character "could not possibly do anything that was really wrong" (38)?
(a) Miss Mason.
(b) Cecile.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Peggy's mother.

14. What term is NOT used to describe the milieu of the moment at which Peggy and Maddie set off toward Boggins Heights?
(a) Damp.
(b) Dark.
(c) Dismal.
(d) Drizzly.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the students in Room 13 see the many contest entries lining the walls of the classroom, they take what action before whistling or murmuring "admiringly" (40)?

3. What do Peggy and Maddie see on the front porch of the Petronskis' former house when they reach Boggins Heights?

4. What does Maddie ultimately decide about Peggy's statement regarding who deserves the credit for Wanda's win?

5. Which members of the class in Room 13 are tasked with submitting designs for dresses?

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