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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. From what country had Wanda's family originally hailed?
2. The teacher of the class at the center of the narrative begins each day by having the students take what action?
3. Who is Mr. Heany?
4. What color had Cecile's new items of clothing been on the day when the hundred dresses game began?
5. What action does Jake take when Wanda tells him that he can go on ahead to school?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is ironic about the phrase Estes always uses to denote the bullying of Wanda?
2. Unpack Maddie's disqualification of Wanda as "an ordinary person" (14). What does she truly mean?
3. Where does Wanda live and why is her neighborhood disparaged by others within the community?
4. Discuss the significance of names within the narrative.
5. Discuss the symbolism of Wanda's comment to Jake when she tells him, "I want to stay here" (24).
6. How does the sound motif appear within the chapter entitled "A Bright Blue Day"?
7. How is the selfishness present within the human condition portrayed in the chapter entitled "The Dresses Game"?
8. What is Peggy's motivation for playing the hundred dresses game with Wanda?
9. How does the illustration on the final page of the chapter entitled "The Dresses Game" intertwine with one the chapter's themes?
10. Describe an instance when Estes uses a simile to indicate a character's emotional state.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Estes’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of The Hundred Dresses.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of The Hundred Dresses and analyze Estes’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Estes’s use of the motif of sound within her children’s book The Hundred Dresses.
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