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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) White.
(d) Blue.

2. What kind of laughter is Peggy said to elicit from the rest of the girls in her group when she plays the hundred dresses game?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Approving.
(c) Gleeful.
(d) Nervous.

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

4. Maddie recalls that after the events with Wanda on the "bright blue" (21) day, the weather had changed in what way?
(a) The rain had begun to fall.
(b) The weather had not changed, but it had no longer seemed the same.
(c) The weather had changed only slightly.
(d) The wind had begun to blow.

5. What is the only object Maddie can see when she looks toward a particular area of the room?
(a) Peggy's smile.
(b) Miss Mason's frown.
(c) Wanda's desk.
(d) Peggy's frown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action do the girls always take just after they finish playing the dresses game with Wanda and "let her go" (12)?

2. The girls' first emotional response to hearing Wanda's claim quickly turns into what emotion instead?

3. What name is NOT mentioned among those that are both normal and "easy to say" (9)?

4. With whom does old man Svenson live?

5. On what day of the week does the narrative begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the significance of the chapter title for "A Bright Blue Day" (19)?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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