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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maddie recalls that after the events with Wanda on the "bright blue" (21) day, the weather had changed in what way?

2. Which student do Peggy and Maddie find missing when they arrive late to class in "The Dresses Game" (8)?

3. In what neighborhood does Wanda live?

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

5. The teacher of the class at the center of the narrative begins each day by having the students take what action?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the illustration on page 31 that depicts Wanda and the other girls running away when the school gong rings?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. Discuss the significance of names within the narrative.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a critical essay about The Hundred Dresses while using the critical power theory lens of Marxist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the story's treatment of issues such as socioeconomic status, hierarchies, wealth, class, or any other issues related to Marxist theory that can be found in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Sensory details are used frequently by Estes in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of The Hundred Dresses. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Estes’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

What is Estes's message regarding a particular shift in worldview that needs to occur for a particular group of people and why?

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