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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. The narrator states that no one had ever seen Wanda taking what action?
(a) Reading.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Talking.
(d) Smiling.

2. On what day of the week does the narrative begin?
(a) Monday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Friday.

3. Which character begins to be bothered by the dresses game?
(a) Mrs. Mason.
(b) Mr. Mason.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Maddie.

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

5. Who is said to have likely procured the cap that Wanda usually wears?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her late mother.
(c) Wanda.
(d) Her brother Jake.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does old man Svenson live?

2. Who sits directly behind Wanda in the classroom?

3. Which character is described as being not quite "as poor as Wanda perhaps" (17)?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence suggests that English may not be Wanda's first language?

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

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

4. Unpack Maddie's disqualification of Wanda as "an ordinary person" (14). What does she truly mean?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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