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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color "toboggan cap" (23) does Wanda always wear?
(a) Green.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) Blue.

2. The teacher of the class at the center of the narrative begins each day by having the students take what action?
(a) Reading from the Bible.
(b) Reciting the Gettysburg Address.
(c) Singing patriotic songs.
(d) Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

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

4. What word does Peggy say to Wanda when she wants Wanda to repeat herself?
(a) What.
(b) Huh.
(c) Again.
(d) Sorry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The girls in the group of bullies are said to take what action in relation to Wanda, besides during their short periods of torment?

2. The sun shining on the body of water at the end of Maple Street had turned the water from blue to what color?

3. What had Peggy and Maddie been doing as they walked to school with their arms around one another the morning of the dresses game's invention?

4. With what emotion do the other girls view Wanda's claim at first?

5. What is the name of the student who is chronically late to class?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the illustration on the final page of the chapter entitled "The Dresses Game" intertwine with one the chapter's themes?

2. How is the selfishness present within the human condition portrayed in the chapter entitled "The Dresses Game"?

3. What is Peggy's motivation for playing the hundred dresses game with Wanda?

4. What is Estes's purpose for introducing the detail about one girl's mother having bought her a new dress made out of Stuart plaid material?

5. What timeline is presented within the chapter entitled "Wanda" in regard to Wanda's absences?

6. Discuss the significance of names within the narrative.

7. Discuss the symbolism of Wanda's comment to Jake when she tells him, "I want to stay here" (24).

8. Discuss the language Estes uses to portray the act of bullying and her purpose for using this language.

9. What is ironic about the phrase Estes always uses to denote the bullying of Wanda?

10. Where does Wanda live and why is her neighborhood disparaged by others within the community?

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