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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. The girls in the group of bullies are said to take what action in relation to Wanda, besides during their short periods of torment?

2. Who helps Mr. Heany with odd jobs before school each day?

3. What action does Jake take when Wanda tells him that he can go on ahead to school?

4. Which character is described as being not quite "as poor as Wanda perhaps" (17)?

5. What emotion does Maddie feel when the school gong rings its first warning bell?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Maddie suspect about the motivation for Wanda's announcement about her 100 dresses?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the theme of courage within The Hundred Dresses. What is Estes’s message regarding courage and how do you know?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the interplay between the resolution of The Hundred Dresses and one of the story's main messages. How does Estes make connections between these elements and how does their juxtaposition help them get across one main message of the story?

Essay Topic 3

What is Estes's message regarding the difference between awareness and activism and how does Estes get this message across to the reader?

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