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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 had Wanda been walking to school on the day when the hundred dresses game had been invented?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Cecile.
(c) Jake.
(d) Her father.

2. The sun shining on the body of water at the end of Maple Street had turned the water from blue to what color?
(a) Vermilion.
(b) Silver.
(c) White.
(d) Violet.

3. What was NOT among the comments made by the various girls admiring Cecile's new outfit?
(a) One girl said that her father had just been laid off, so she had not been able to buy a new dress for the school year.
(b) One girl said that she planned to force her mother to buy her an outfit like Cecile's.
(c) One girl said that she had just gotten a new dress for dancing school.
(d) One girl said that her mother had just bought her a dress made of one of the Stuart plaids.

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

5. What is the name of the classroom teacher featured within the narrative?
(a) Mrs. Mason.
(b) Dr. Mason.
(c) Mr. Mason.
(d) Miss Mason.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what month had the hundred dresses game been dreamed up by one of Maddie's friends?

2. What color "toboggan cap" (23) does Wanda always wear?

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

4. What expression was Wanda wearing as she slowly approached the group of girls gathered around Cecile?

5. How does Wanda get Peggy's attention before whispering something to her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. How does the sound motif appear within the chapter entitled "A Bright Blue Day"?

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