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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 had Cecile's new items of clothing been on the day when the hundred dresses game began?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

2. The structure against which Wanda usually leans as she waits for the bell to ring is covered with what?
(a) Ivy.
(b) Moss.
(c) Snails.
(d) Graffiti.

3. What emotion does Maddie feel when the school gong rings its first warning bell?
(a) Grief.
(b) Elation.
(c) Relief.
(d) Terror.

4. Who had called the weather "bright blue" (19) on the day of the hundred dresses game's invention?
(a) Wanda.
(b) Cecile.
(c) Maddie.
(d) Peggy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which student does the narrator sarcastically blame for the tardiness of Peggy and Maddie on a particular day?

2. The narrator states that no one had ever seen Wanda taking what action?

3. Who is said to have likely procured the cap that Wanda usually wears?

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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe an instance when Estes uses a simile to indicate a character's emotional state.

2. Why is Maddie unable to concentrate on her arithmetic assignment at the beginning of the chapter entited "A Bright Blue Day"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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