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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. What element of her life does Maddie decide that she would risk in order to keep her promise to herself?

2. When Maddie cannot sleep on the night just after her visit to the Petronskis' former home, what action does she take?

3. Maddie thinks to herself that which character "could not possibly do anything that was really wrong" (38)?

4. What is NOT an action old man Svenson takes after he responds to the girls' question?

5. The sight of Wanda's former house reminds which character of Wanda's one blue dress?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rumors exist in town about old man Svenson?

2. From what sources does Maddie hope to glean information about Wanda's new address?

3. In what month does the chapter entitled "Up on Boggins Heights" take place and what is the weather like?

4. What excuse does Peggy provide for the bad behavior to which she does admit and how does it shed further light on her character traits?

5. Describe the official contest held in Room 13 and name of the girl who is expected to win.

6. What major plot point occurs while the children in Room 13 are admiring the artwork of their fellow students?

7. What is the significance of the illustration that begins the chapter entitled "The Contest"?

8. What connection does Maddie draw between Wanda's former house and Wanda's one blue dress?

9. What promise does Maddie make to herself near the end of the chapter entitled "Up on Boggins Heights"?

10. From the performance of what activity does Maddie draw momentary comfort within the chapter entitled "Up on Boggins Heights"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Estes’s story The Hundred Dresses. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the story.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of invisibility portrayed in The Hundred Dresses? Examine Estes's treatment of and messages regarding invisibility throughout the work.

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