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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 body of water lies at the end of the street on which the girls had gathered around to admire Cecile's new clothing?
(a) A reservoir.
(b) A brook.
(c) A lake.
(d) A bay.

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

3. What color is the faded dress that Wanda wears to school every day?
(a) Pink.
(b) Gray.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

4. The narrator states that though Wanda does not have any friends, "a lot of girls" (9) wait for her under what kind of trees on Oliver Street?
(a) Willow.
(b) Elm.
(c) Maple.
(d) Oak.

5. From what country had Wanda's family originally hailed?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Poland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Heany?

2. What is the only object Maddie can see when she looks toward a particular area of the room?

3. Who is the ringleader of the group that bullies Wanda?

4. The hundred dresses game had begun on the day when Cecile wore a new article of what type of clothing to school?

5. Peggy and Maddie are said to have been "greeted" (21) in what way as they approached the group of girls on Maple Street?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What evidence does the narrator provide for the claim that Peggy is "not really cruel" (14)?

3. What is symbolized by the piece of broken mirror with which Maddie plays while listening to the girls talk about Cecile's dress?

4. How does Wanda demonstrate courage in the face of great fear on the day of the hundred dresses game's invention?

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

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

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

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

9. How does the use of an omniscient narrator allow Estes to point out differences between Maddie and Peggy?

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

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