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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. With whom does Wanda live in a small frame house not far beyond the home of old man Svenson?
(a) Her father and her brother Jake.
(b) Her maternal grandparents and her brother Jake.
(c) Her father and her mother and her brother Jake.
(d) Her brother Jake.

2. The girls who wait for Wanda on Oliver Street and elsewhere engage in what kind of activity once Wanda appears?
(a) They pretend to like her.
(b) They turn their backs on her.
(c) They hit her.
(d) They bully her.

3. What kind of a dancer is Cecile?
(a) Tap.
(b) Ballet.
(c) Modern.
(d) Ballroom.

4. What action does Jake take when Wanda tells him that he can go on ahead to school?
(a) He tells her to have a good day.
(b) He threatens to tell their father.
(c) He reminds her to straighten her socks.
(d) He shrugs.

5. What quality does Wanda's lone dress always exhibit?
(a) It is dirty.
(b) It is torn.
(c) It is wrinkled.
(d) It is too short.

Short Answer Questions

1. The structure against which Wanda usually leans as she waits for the bell to ring is covered with what?

2. What body of water lies at the end of the street on which the girls had gathered around to admire Cecile's new clothing?

3. Initially, what fear inspires Maddie to become apprehensive about the dresses game?

4. What was NOT among the comments made by the various girls admiring Cecile's new outfit?

5. From what material was the "curbstone" (21) Maddie sat upon made?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Maddie suspect about the motivation for Wanda's announcement about her 100 dresses?

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

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

6. What is the major element of their lives that Maddie and Wanda have in common?

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

8. For what reason does Maddie go along with the bullying of Wanda even though she knows that it is wrong?

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

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

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